duda
[ˈd̪uð̞a]
The verdict
“duda” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #656. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #656
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de dudar. Dificultad para elegir entre dos o más opciones, o suspensión de tal decisión.
Corpus desk
Index ES-duda · duda · Spanish
duda · rank #656 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #656
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH director
Nearest frequency peer: director (-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 “duda”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- causa
causa
99,348 corpus weight
- central
central
99,347 corpus weight
- director
director
99,346 corpus weight
- duda
duda
99,345 corpus weight
- Europa
Europa
99,344 corpus weight
- fecha
fecha
99,343 corpus weight
What this shows “duda” 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 | duda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪uð̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “duda”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around duda (IPA [ˈd̪uð̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #656 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for duda, with forms such as "ddua", "dduda", and "duad". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DVD", "dúo", "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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is duda, spelled D-U-D-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de dudar. Dificultad para elegir entre dos o más opciones, o suspensión de tal decisión.
- 2Proceso y resultado de vacilar respecto a lo que se cree o en lo que se confía.
- 3Tema o asunto que se propone para discutirlo o debatirlo.
- 4Dicho de un asunto, que es confuso o poco claro.
- 5Información o dato cuya certeza está en entredicho.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how duda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tengo una duda con esta cláusula en este contrato.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddua
- dduda
- duad
- dudda
- udda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duda - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "duda", 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 (5 here; floor ≥5).