dolor

/[d̪oˈloɾ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#936

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

dolor is aSpanishnoun. It means: Sensación molesta y aflictiva de una parte del cuerpo por causa interior o exterior. Pronounced [d̪oˈloɾ]. It ranks #936 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with domo and door.

Key facts for dolor
PropertyValue
Headworddolor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪oˈloɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#936
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dolor in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dolor is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪oˈloɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #936 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for dolor, with forms such as "ddolor", "dloor", and "dollor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "domo", "door", "dono", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is dolor, spelled D-O-L-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sensación molesta y aflictiva de una parte del cuerpo por causa interior o exterior.
  2. 2
    Sentimiento, pena y congoja que se padece en el ánimo.
  3. 3
    Pesar y arrepentimiento de haber hecho u omitido algo.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddolor,dloor,dollor,dolorr,dolro,doolr,odlor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dolor

Misspelling Variants of "dolor"

ddolor6dloor5dollor6dolorr6dolro5doolr5odlor5
Misspelling Variants of "dolor"

Frequency rank: #936 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dolor"?
"dolor" is spelled D-O-L-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪oˈloɾ].
What does "dolor" mean?
As a noun, "dolor" means: Sensación molesta y aflictiva de una parte del cuerpo por causa interior o exterior.
What words are commonly confused with "dolor"?
"dolor" is commonly confused with "domo", "door", "dono". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dolor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dolor" is [d̪oˈloɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dolor" come from?
"dolor" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.