Dominican
/dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/
"dominican" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dominican” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,036
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dominican · Dominican · English
Dominican · rank #12,036 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,036
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH discomfort
Nearest frequency peer: discomfort (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Dominican”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- derivative
derivative
87,967 corpus weight
- discomfort
discomfort
87,966 corpus weight
- Dominican
Dominican
87,965 corpus weight
- drastically
drastically
87,964 corpus weight
- driveway
driveway
87,963 corpus weight
- duel
duel
87,962 corpus weight
What this shows “Dominican” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dominican |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Dominican”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Dominican (IPA /dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,036 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dominican, with forms such as "ddominican", "dmoinican", and "doimnican". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dominion", "Dominic", "Dominica", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the name of the Dominican Republic, itself a calque of Spanish República Dominicana; corresponding to Spanish dominicano. The correct English form is Dominican, spelled D-O-M-I-N-I-C-A-N.
Definition
- 1A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dominican appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
More than 40% of Dominicans are economically vulnerable and are at risk of falling into poverty due to climate-related impacts and economic crises, according to the World Bank.
Etymology
From the name of the Dominican Republic, itself a calque of Spanish República Dominicana; corresponding to Spanish dominicano.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddominican
- dmoinican
- doimnican
- domiincan
- domincian
- dominiacn
- dominicann
- dominiccan
- dominicna
- dominnican
- domminican
- domniican
- odminican
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dominican - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).