dolían
[d̪oˈliãn]
The verdict
“dolían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,977 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,977
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de doler o de dolerse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dolian · dolían · Spanish
dolían · rank #59,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,977
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH doesn't
Nearest frequency peer: doesn't (-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 “dolían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- diz
diz
40,027 corpus weight
- diéramos
diéramos
40,026 corpus weight
- doesn't
doesn't
40,025 corpus weight
- dolían
dolían
40,024 corpus weight
- dorar
dorar
40,022 corpus weight
- dormís
dormís
40,021 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dolían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dolían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪oˈliãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dolían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dolían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,977 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪oˈliãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de doler o de dolerse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dolían, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is dolían, spelled D-O-L-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de doler o de dolerse.
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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