Dalmatia
/dælˈmeɪʃə/
"dalmatia" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dalmatia” is uncommon English (frequency #65,033 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,033
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dalmatia · Dalmatia · English
Dalmatia · rank #65,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,033
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH damming
Nearest frequency peer: damming (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Dalmatia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cutlets
cutlets
34,972 corpus weight
- cwm
cwm
34,971 corpus weight
- cyberattack
cyberattack
34,970 corpus weight
- Dalmatia
Dalmatia
34,968 corpus weight
- damming
damming
34,967 corpus weight
- Danson
Danson
34,964 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Dalmatia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dalmatia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dælˈmeɪʃə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Dalmatia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dalmatia is uncommon English at frequency #65,033 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /dælˈmeɪʃə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Dalmatia has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Dalmatia, from an Illyrian tribe called the Dalmatae who lived in the region. Believed to be borrowed from Illyrian, akin to Albanian delmë, dele (“sheep”). The toponym Delminium has the same origin. The correct English form is Dalmatia, spelled D-A-L-M-A-T-I-A.
Definition
- 1A historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.
- 2A province of the Roman Empire.
Etymology
From Latin Dalmatia, from an Illyrian tribe called the Dalmatae who lived in the region. Believed to be borrowed from Illyrian, akin to Albanian delmë, dele (“sheep”). The toponym Delminium has the same origin.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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