dudar
[d̪uˈð̞aɾ]
The verdict
“dudar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,711. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,711
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Estar indeciso entre dos o más opciones, no estar seguro de qué hacer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dudar · dudar · Spanish
dudar · rank #7,711 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,711
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dormitorio
Nearest frequency peer: dormitorio (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dudar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- discutiendo
discutiendo
92,293 corpus weight
- docena
docena
92,292 corpus weight
- dormitorio
dormitorio
92,291 corpus weight
- dudar
dudar
92,290 corpus weight
- eléctricos
eléctricos
92,289 corpus weight
- esconde
esconde
92,287 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dudar” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | dudar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪uˈð̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dudar” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around dudar (IPA [d̪uˈð̞aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,711 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 dudar, with forms such as "dduar", "ddudar", and "duadr". 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, "dura", "dudo", "dude", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is dudar, spelled D-U-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Estar indeciso entre dos o más opciones, no estar seguro de qué hacer.
- 2No estar seguro de algo o alguien, no creer en algo o alguien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dudar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Podemos imaginar a López apoyándose en la baranda como si dudara entre tirarse y no tirarse, usando el agua que pasaba como ritmo guía de sus especulaciones».
«Y no porque dudara de que Pedro la quisiera, sino porque ya había oído muchas historias de gays que se enamoran de una mujer y creía que, por mucho que uno diga que le gustan los caracoles pero también las almejas, al final la cabra tira al monte, y un hombre al que le gustan los caracoles no puede dejarlos así como así, por mucha almeja excepcional que…
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dduar
- ddudar
- duadr
- dudarr
- duddar
- dudra
- uddar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dudar - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dudar", 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).
Data Source
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.