duerme

/[ˈd̪weɾme]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,824

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

duerme is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dormir o de dormirse. Pronounced [ˈd̪weɾme]. It ranks #5,824 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Duero and duermo.

Key facts for duerme
PropertyValue
Headwordduerme
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈd̪weɾme]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,824
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for duerme is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪weɾme]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,824 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for duerme, with forms such as "dduerme", "deurme", and "duemre". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Duero", "duermo", "duermen", 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 duerme, spelled D-U-E-R-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dormir o de dormirse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de dormir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dduerme,deurme,duemre,duerem,duermme,duerrme,dureme,uderme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for duerme

Misspelling Variants of "duerme"

dduerme7deurme6duemre6duerem6duermme7duerrme7dureme6uderme6
Misspelling Variants of "duerme"

Frequency rank: #5,824 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "duerme"?
"duerme" is spelled D-U-E-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪weɾme].
What does "duerme" mean?
As a verb, "duerme" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dormir o de dormirse.
What words are commonly confused with "duerme"?
"duerme" is commonly confused with "Duero", "duermo", "duermen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "duerme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "duerme" is [ˈd̪weɾme]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "duerme" come from?
"duerme" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.