dopamina

/[d̪opaˈmina]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,557

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

dopamina is aSpanishnoun. It means: 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... Pronounced [d̪opaˈmina]. Often confused with domina.

Key facts for dopamina
PropertyValue
Headworddopamina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪opaˈmina]
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,557
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dopamina is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪opaˈmina]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,557 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for dopamina, with forms such as "ddopamina", "doapmina", and "dopaimna". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "domina", 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 dopamina, spelled D-O-P-A-M-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    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 nervioso central, como activador o como inhibidor. Es así mismo una neurohormona liberada por el hipotálamo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddopamina,doapmina,dopaimna,dopamian,dopaminna,dopammina,dopamnia,dopmaina,doppamina,dpoamina,odpamina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dopamina

Misspelling Variants of "dopamina"

ddopamina9doapmina8dopaimna8dopamian8dopaminna9dopammina9dopamnia8dopmaina8
Misspelling Variants of "dopamina"

Frequency rank: #33,557 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dopamina"?
"dopamina" is spelled D-O-P-A-M-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪opaˈmina].
What does "dopamina" mean?
As a noun, "dopamina" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "dopamina"?
"dopamina" is commonly confused with "domina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dopamina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dopamina" is [d̪opaˈmina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dopamina" come from?
"dopamina" 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.