dopamina
[d̪opaˈmina]
The verdict
“dopamina” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #33,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,557
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Compuesto químico orgánico de fórmula C₆H₃(OH)₂-CH₂-CH₂-NH₂. Es un neurotransmisor generado por animales vertebrados e invertebrados. Es una feniletilamina, catecolamina que actúa en el sistema ner...
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 | dopamina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪opaˈmina] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dopamina” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around dopamina (IPA [d̪opaˈmina]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,557 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Compuesto químico orgánico de fórmula C₆H₃(OH)₂-CH₂-CH₂-NH₂. Es un neurotransmisor generado por animales vertebrados e invertebrados. Es una feniletilamina, catecolamina que actúa en el sistema ner...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dopamina, with forms such as "ddopamina", "doapmina", and "dopaimna". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "domina", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is dopamina, spelled D-O-P-A-M-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Compuesto químico orgánico de fórmula C₆H₃(OH)₂-CH₂-CH₂-NH₂. Es un neurotransmisor generado por animales vertebrados e invertebrados. Es una feniletilamina, catecolamina que actúa en el sistema nervioso central, como activador o como inhibidor. Es así mismo una neurohormona liberada por el hipotálamo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddopamina,doapmina,dopaimna,dopamian,dopaminna,dopammina,dopamnia,dopmaina,doppamina,dpoamina,odpamina
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dopamina - 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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Using “dopamina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-O-P-A-M-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪opaˈmina] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “domina” - see the side-by-side comparison. dopamina vs domina
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.