dovela
[d̪oˈβ̞ela]
The verdict
“dovela” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sillar labrado a manera de cuña con una cara convexa y otra cóncava usado para fabricar arcos y bóvedas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dovela · dovela · Spanish
dovela · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dovela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪oˈβ̞ela] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dovela” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dovela is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪oˈβ̞ela]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sillar labrado a manera de cuña con una cara convexa y otra cóncava usado para fabricar arcos y bóvedas.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dovela, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is dovela, spelled D-O-V-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Sillar labrado a manera de cuña con una cara convexa y otra cóncava usado para fabricar arcos y bóvedas.
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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.