dodo
[ˈd̪oð̞o]
The verdict
“dodo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,744 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,744
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Raphus cucullatus) Ave extinta no voladora del tamaño de un pavo, cabeza grande, pico ganchudo y patas robustas, que habitaba en algunas islas del océano Índico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dodo · dodo · Spanish
dodo · rank #60,744 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,744
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH documentando
Nearest frequency peer: documentando (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “dodo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- divi
divi
39,260 corpus weight
- divulgador
divulgador
39,259 corpus weight
- documentando
documentando
39,258 corpus weight
- dodo
dodo
39,257 corpus weight
- dolería
dolería
39,256 corpus weight
- dolorida
dolorida
39,255 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dodo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dodo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪oð̞o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,744 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dodo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dodo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,744 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd̪oð̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Raphus cucullatus) Ave extinta no voladora del tamaño de un pavo, cabeza grande, pico ganchudo y patas robustas, que habitaba en algunas islas del océano Índico.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dodo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is dodo, spelled D-O-D-O.
Definition
- 1(Raphus cucullatus) Ave extinta no voladora del tamaño de un pavo, cabeza grande, pico ganchudo y patas robustas, que habitaba en algunas islas del océano Índico.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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