donaire
[d̪oˈnajɾe]
The verdict
“donaire” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,931 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,931
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capacidad de expresarse con elegancia e ingenio y de las obras con estas cualidades.
Corpus desk
Index ES-donaire · donaire · Spanish
donaire · rank #81,931 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,931
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dolosa
Nearest frequency peer: dolosa (-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 “donaire”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- disruptivo
disruptivo
18,076 corpus weight
- divertían
divertían
18,075 corpus weight
- dividiremos
dividiremos
18,074 corpus weight
- dolosa
dolosa
18,071 corpus weight
- donaire
donaire
18,070 corpus weight
- duel
duel
18,067 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “donaire” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | donaire |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪oˈnajɾe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,931 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “donaire” en español
Rare enough to double-check
donaire is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,931 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪oˈnajɾe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for donaire, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is donaire, spelled D-O-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Capacidad de expresarse con elegancia e ingenio y de las obras con estas cualidades.
- 2Chiste o dicho ingenioso y agudo.
- 3Gentileza y disposición airosa del cuerpo para andar, bailar, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how donaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mas lo que le hacía más dichoso, según él decía, era tener una hija de tan estremada hermosura, rara discreción, donaire y virtud, que el que la conocía y la miraba se admiraba de ver las estremadas partes con que el cielo y la naturaleza la habían enriquecido.
desde el espetado doctor que detiene un momento su docta cabalgadura para desarrugar por un instante la frente, siempre cargada de graves pensamientos, al escuchar algún donaire de la alegre farsa, hasta el pícaro hampón, que allí divierte sus ocios horas y horas.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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