dossier
[d̪oˈsjeɾ]
The verdict
“dossier” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #33,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,558
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Galicismo que significa desde el siglo XVIII respaldo o más exactamente un expediente que contiene una información relacionada con un tema que sirve de referencia para su consulta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dossier · dossier · Spanish
dossier · rank #33,558 · 9 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #33,558
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dopamina
Nearest frequency peer: dopamina (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “dossier”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- donoso
donoso
66,446 corpus weight
- dopamina
dopamina
66,444 corpus weight
- dossier
dossier
66,443 corpus weight
- dre
dre
66,442 corpus weight
- dueto
dueto
66,441 corpus weight
- eagle
eagle
66,440 corpus weight
What this shows “dossier” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | dossier |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪oˈsjeɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “dossier”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around dossier (IPA [d̪oˈsjeɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,558 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Galicismo que significa desde el siglo XVIII respaldo o más exactamente un expediente que contiene una información relacionada con un tema que sirve de referencia para su consulta.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dossier, with forms such as "ddossier", "doscier", and "dosier". 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, "doquier", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is dossier, spelled D-O-S-S-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Galicismo que significa desde el siglo XVIII respaldo o más exactamente un expediente que contiene una información relacionada con un tema que sirve de referencia para su consulta.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddossier
- doscier
- dosier
- dosiser
- dosseir
- dossierr
- dossire
- dsosier
- odssier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dossier - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dossier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).