Dominican
/dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/noun, adjective
Dominican is spelled D-O-M-I-N-I-C-A-N: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Dominican means “A native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic or a descendant thereof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Dominican is Dominicans.
How many letters and syllables are in Dominican?
| Letters | 9: D-O-M-I-N-I-C-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Dominican?
Dominican appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Dominican?
- /dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/
As a noun (“A native or inhabitant of the Commonwealth of Dominica or a…”): /ˌdɒ.mɪˈniː.kən/, /dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/, /ˌdɑ.mɪˈni.kən/.
Dominican has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Dominican_(Republic).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Dominican_(Dominica).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Dominican?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Dominican from its last stressed vowel (/ikən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Dominican
- Dominicans plural
- more Dominican comparative
- most Dominican superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Dominican mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic or a descendant thereof.
- 2
A native or inhabitant of the Commonwealth of Dominica or a descendant thereof.
- 3
A member of the religious order founded by Saint Dominic.
adjective
- 1
Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.
- 2
Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.
- 3
Of or belonging to the Dominican religious order.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dominican in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Dominicain, Dominicaine , dominicain, dominicaine , Dominiquais , dominiquais |
| German | Dominikaner, Dominikanerin , dominikanisch , Dominicaner, Dominicanerin , dominicanisch |
| Portuguese | dominicano , dominiquês, dominiquesa, dominiquense , dominicana |
| Spanish | dominicano , dominiqués, dominiquesa , dominicana, dominico, dominica |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Dominican come from?
From the name of the Dominican Republic, itself a calque of Spanish República Dominicana; corresponding to Spanish dominicano.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).