dolióvsdomoTell them apart

Quick tell: dolió is a verb, domo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dolió” is a verb and “domo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,079
“dolió” frequency rank
#26,416
“domo” frequency rank
42495
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dolió domo
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de doler o de dolerse. Construcción hemisférica, que sirve como remate de una obra arquitectónica o, en diseños de corte futurista, como cuerpo de la misma.

Where the eye mixes dolió and domo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
dolió
4 ch
domo

Visual trap between dolió and domo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dolió is [d̪oˈljo] while domo is [ˈd̪omo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dolió is recorded at frequency rank #16,079, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪oˈljo]. domo is at rank #26,416, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪omo].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 42495, this pair ranks #147,882 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dolió vs domo

Shared letters: do. Private to "dolió": iló. Private to "domo": m.

"dolió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "domo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • domoddomo · dmoo · dommo · doom · odmo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dolió" and "domo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dolió" is a verb and "domo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dolió" or "domo" show up more?
"dolió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,079 in our Spanish list, against #26,416 for "domo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dolió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "domo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #147,882 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dolió" and "domo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "domo vs dont". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #147,882 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list