dolphin
/ˈdɒl.fɪn/
The verdict
“dolphin” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,012 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,012
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Delfín.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dolphin · dolphin · Spanish
dolphin · rank #63,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,012
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH Domenico
Nearest frequency peer: Domenico (+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 “dolphin”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- dispondrán
dispondrán
36,993 corpus weight
- diáfano
diáfano
36,991 corpus weight
- dolphin
dolphin
36,989 corpus weight
- Domenico
Domenico
36,988 corpus weight
- dominará
dominará
36,987 corpus weight
- droit
droit
36,986 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dolphin” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dolphin |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɒl.fɪn/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dolphin” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dolphin is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,012 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɒl.fɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Delfín.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dolphin, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is dolphin, spelled D-O-L-P-H-I-N.
Definition
- 1Delfín.
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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