dolmen
[ˈd̪olmẽn]
The verdict
“dolmen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,372 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,372
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construcción megalítica consistente en varias losas, llamadas (ortostatos), hincadas en la tierra en posición vertical, y una losa de cubierta apoyada sobre ellas en posición horizontal. El conjunt...
Corpus desk
Index ES-dolmen · dolmen · Spanish
dolmen · rank #75,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,372
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH doctors
Nearest frequency peer: doctors (-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 “dolmen”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- diversifica
diversifica
24,632 corpus weight
- doctors
doctors
24,630 corpus weight
- dolmen
dolmen
24,629 corpus weight
- domiciliada
domiciliada
24,628 corpus weight
- dread
dread
24,627 corpus weight
- drenado
drenado
24,626 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dolmen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dolmen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪olmẽn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dolmen” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dolmen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,372 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd̪olmẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Construcción megalítica consistente en varias losas, llamadas (ortostatos), hincadas en la tierra en posición vertical, y una losa de cubierta apoyada sobre ellas en posición horizontal. El conjunt...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dolmen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is dolmen, spelled D-O-L-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Construcción megalítica consistente en varias losas, llamadas (ortostatos), hincadas en la tierra en posición vertical, y una losa de cubierta apoyada sobre ellas en posición horizontal. El conjunto se cubría con tierra formando un túmulo. Son comunes en todo el mundo salvo América y pertenecientes al neolítico y calcolítico.
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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