dolor
[d̪oˈloɾ]
The verdict
“dolor” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #936
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sensación molesta y aflictiva de una parte del cuerpo por causa interior o exterior.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dolor · dolor · Spanish
dolor · rank #936 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #936
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH código
Nearest frequency peer: código (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “dolor”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- contrario
contrario
99,068 corpus weight
- cuentas
cuentas
99,067 corpus weight
- código
código
99,066 corpus weight
- dolor
dolor
99,065 corpus weight
- efecto
efecto
99,064 corpus weight
- habría
habría
99,063 corpus weight
What this shows “dolor” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dolor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪oˈloɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “dolor”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around dolor (IPA [d̪oˈloɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #936 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dolor, with forms such as "ddolor", "dloor", and "dollor". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is dolor, spelled D-O-L-O-R.
Definition
- 1Sensación molesta y aflictiva de una parte del cuerpo por causa interior o exterior.
- 2Sentimiento, pena y congoja que se padece en el ánimo.
- 3Pesar y arrepentimiento de haber hecho u omitido algo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dolor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Hay un período asintomático desde la ingestión hasta los primeros síntomas que varía de 6 a 12 horas, se han relatado casos de hasta 20 horas, luego del cual comienza la fase gastrointestinal, que dura entre 12 y 24 horas, con vómitos, dolor abdominal y diarrea, acuosa, frecuente, que conducen a la deshidratación, si en este momento no se corrigen en for…
«Comprobé una vez más que el dolor humano no sabe de política ni de ideas».
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddolor
- dloor
- dollor
- dolorr
- dolro
- doolr
- odlor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dolor - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).