Dolores

/[d̪oˈloɾes]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,912

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Dolores is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de mujer, alusivo a los Siete Dolores de la Virgen María, en la religión católica. Pronounced [d̪oˈloɾes]. It ranks #3,912 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with doloroso and dolorosa.

Key facts for Dolores
PropertyValue
HeadwordDolores
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[d̪oˈloɾes]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,912
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Dolores is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪oˈloɾes]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,912 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Dolores, with forms such as "ddolores", "dloores", and "dollores". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "doloroso", "dolorosa", "dolor", 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 Dolores, spelled D-O-L-O-R-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de mujer, alusivo a los Siete Dolores de la Virgen María, en la religión católica.
  2. 2
    Ciudad de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, cabecera del partido del mismo nombre. Su gentilicio es dolorense.
  3. 3
    Partido de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddolores,dloores,dollores,doloers,doloress,dolorres,dolorse,dolroes,doolres,odlores

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Dolores

Misspelling Variants of "Dolores"

ddolores8dloores7dollores8doloers7doloress8dolorres8dolorse7dolroes7
Misspelling Variants of "Dolores"

Frequency rank: #3,912 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dolores"?
"Dolores" is spelled D-O-L-O-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪oˈloɾes].
What does "Dolores" mean?
As a name, "Dolores" means: Nombre de pila de mujer, alusivo a los Siete Dolores de la Virgen María, en la religión católica.
What words are commonly confused with "Dolores"?
"Dolores" is commonly confused with "doloroso", "dolorosa", "dolor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dolores"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dolores" is [d̪oˈloɾes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dolores" come from?
"Dolores" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.