dou
[ˈd̪ow]
The verdict
“dou” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,453 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,453
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Usada para celebrar un logro obtenido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dou · dou · Spanish
dou · rank #58,453 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,453
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dotando
Nearest frequency peer: dotando (-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 “dou”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- divorciadas
divorciadas
41,554 corpus weight
- dotando
dotando
41,549 corpus weight
- dou
dou
41,548 corpus weight
- dudará
dudará
41,547 corpus weight
- durmiera
durmiera
41,546 corpus weight
- déjese
déjese
41,544 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dou” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dou |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈd̪ow] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #58,453 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dou” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dou is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,453 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈd̪ow]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Usada para celebrar un logro obtenido.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dou in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is dou, spelled D-O-U.
Definition
- 1Usada para celebrar un logro obtenido.
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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