duda

/[ˈd̪uð̞a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#656

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

duda is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de dudar. Dificultad para elegir entre dos o más opciones, o suspensión de tal decisión. Pronounced [ˈd̪uð̞a]. It ranks #656 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with DVD and dúo.

Key facts for duda
PropertyValue
Headwordduda
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪uð̞a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#656
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of duda in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for duda is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪uð̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #656 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for duda, with forms such as "ddua", "dduda", and "duad". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DVD", "dúo", "due", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is duda, spelled D-U-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de dudar. Dificultad para elegir entre dos o más opciones, o suspensión de tal decisión.
  2. 2
    Proceso y resultado de vacilar respecto a lo que se cree o en lo que se confía.
  3. 3
    Tema o asunto que se propone para discutirlo o debatirlo.
  4. 4
    Dicho de un asunto, que es confuso o poco claro.
  5. 5
    Información o dato cuya certeza está en entredicho.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddua,dduda,duad,dudda,udda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for duda

Misspelling Variants of "duda"

ddua4dduda5duad4dudda5udda4
Misspelling Variants of "duda"

Frequency rank: #656 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "duda"?
"duda" is spelled D-U-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪uð̞a].
What does "duda" mean?
As a noun, "duda" means: Acción o efecto de dudar. Dificultad para elegir entre dos o más opciones, o suspensión de tal decisión.
What words are commonly confused with "duda"?
"duda" is commonly confused with "DVD", "dúo", "due". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "duda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "duda" is [ˈd̪uð̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "duda" come from?
"duda" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.