dormer

Name: dormer, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈdɔːməʳ/

//ˈdɔːməʳ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“dormer” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,240 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,240
frequency rank, Spanish: 90,663
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Buhardilla₁.

Key facts for dormer
Property	Value
Headword	dormer
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈdɔːməʳ/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#96,240
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dormer” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dormer lands here:

#96,240

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dormer is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,240 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈdɔːməʳ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Buhardilla₁.".

Zero misspellings are on record for dormer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is dormer, spelled D-O-R-M-E-R.

Definition

1
Buhardilla₁.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dormer"?

"dormer" is spelled D-O-R-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdɔːməʳ/.

What does "dormer" mean?

As a noun, "dormer" means: Buhardilla₁.

How do you pronounce "dormer"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dormer" is /ˈdɔːməʳ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "dormer" come from?

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Using “dormer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is D-O-R-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈdɔːməʳ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.