dudar
[d̪uˈð̞aɾ]
The verdict
“dudar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,711 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,711
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estar indeciso entre dos o más opciones, no estar seguro de qué hacer.
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for dudar is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪uˈð̞aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,711 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “dudar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-U-D-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪uˈð̞aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dura” - see the side-by-side comparison. dudar vs dura
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.