dominan

/[d̪oˈminãn]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,837

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

dominan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dominar. Pronounced [d̪oˈminãn]. Often confused with donan and dominó.

Key facts for dominan
PropertyValue
Headworddominan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪oˈminãn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,837
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dominan is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪oˈminãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,837 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dominar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for dominan, with forms such as "ddominan", "dmoinan", and "doimnan". 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, "donan", "dominó", "domingo", 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 dominan, spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dominar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddominan,dmoinan,doimnan,domiann,dominann,dominnan,domminan,domnian,odminan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dominan

Misspelling Variants of "dominan"

ddominan8dmoinan7doimnan7domiann7dominann8dominnan8domminan8domnian7
Misspelling Variants of "dominan"

Frequency rank: #15,837 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dominan"?
"dominan" is spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪oˈminãn].
What does "dominan" mean?
As a verb, "dominan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dominar.
What words are commonly confused with "dominan"?
"dominan" is commonly confused with "donan", "dominó", "domingo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dominan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dominan" is [d̪oˈminãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dominan" come from?
"dominan" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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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.