dove
/dʌv/
The verdict
“dove” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #41,875. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,875
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paloma.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dove · dove · Spanish
dove · rank #41,875 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,875
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dono
Nearest frequency peer: dono (-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 “dove”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- display
display
58,130 corpus weight
- dominicanas
dominicanas
58,129 corpus weight
- donan
donan
58,128 corpus weight
- dono
dono
58,127 corpus weight
- dove
dove
58,126 corpus weight
- edificada
edificada
58,124 corpus weight
What this shows “dove” 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 | dove |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dʌv/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #41,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “dove”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around dove (IPA /dʌv/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,875 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Paloma.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dove, with forms such as "ddove", "dobe", and "doev". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "doy", "DVD", "due", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is dove, spelled D-O-V-E.
Definition
- 1Paloma.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dove appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddove
- dobe
- doev
- dovve
- dvoe
- odve
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dove - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "dove", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).