Dubái
[d̪uˈβ̞aj]
The verdict
“Dubái” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #25,609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,609
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emirato del noreste de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dubai · Dubái · Spanish
Dubái · rank #25,609 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,609
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dupla
Nearest frequency peer: dupla (+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 “Dubái”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- desayunos
desayunos
74,396 corpus weight
- desiguales
desiguales
74,395 corpus weight
- desordenada
desordenada
74,394 corpus weight
- Dubái
Dubái
74,392 corpus weight
- dupla
dupla
74,391 corpus weight
- duty
duty
74,390 corpus weight
What this shows “Dubái” 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 | Dubái |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [d̪uˈβ̞aj] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #25,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Dubái”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Dubái (IPA [d̪uˈβ̞aj]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,609 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dubái, with forms such as "dbuái", "ddubái", and "dubbái". 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, "duda", "dura", "duma", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Dubái, spelled D-U-B-Á-I.
Definition
- 1Emirato del noreste de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.
- 2Ciudad del noreste de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, capital del emirato homónimo.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dbuái
- ddubái
- dubbái
- dubiá
- duvái
- duábi
- udbái
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dubái - 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 "Dubái", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).