Durango
[duˈraŋɡo]
The verdict
“Durango” is uncommon German (frequency #79,078 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,078
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ort in der Provinz Bizkaia im Baskenland
Corpus desk
Index DE-durango · Durango · German
Durango · rank #79,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,078
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Duette
Nearest frequency peer: Duette (-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 “Durango”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dua
dua
20,926 corpus weight
- Duells
Duells
20,925 corpus weight
- Duette
Duette
20,924 corpus weight
- Durango
Durango
20,923 corpus weight
- durchdachter
durchdachter
20,922 corpus weight
- durchdreht
durchdreht
20,921 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Durango” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Durango |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [duˈraŋɡo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Durango” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Durango is uncommon German at frequency #79,078 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [duˈraŋɡo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Durango has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Durango, spelled D-U-R-A-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1Ort in der Provinz Bizkaia im Baskenland
- 2Verwaltungssitz von La Plata County in Colorado, USA
- 3mexikanischer Bundesstaat
- 4Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen Bundesstaats in Mexiko
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 German 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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.