Dordrecht
/ˈdɔɹdɹɛkt/
"dordrecht" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dordrecht” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #48,198 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #48,198
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city, municipality, and island of South Holland, Netherlands.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dordrecht |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɔɹdɹɛkt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dordrecht” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Dordrecht is 9 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɔɹdɹɛkt/. Corpus data places it at rank #48,198 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A city, municipality, and island of South Holland, Netherlands.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dordrecht, with forms such as "ddordrecht", "dodrrecht", and "dorddrecht". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Dutch Dordrecht. The correct English form is Dordrecht, spelled D-O-R-D-R-E-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1A city, municipality, and island of South Holland, Netherlands.
Etymology
From Dutch Dordrecht.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddordrecht,dodrrecht,dorddrecht,dordercht,dordrceht,dordreccht,dordrechht,dordrechtt,dordrecth,dordrehct,dordrrecht,dorrdecht,dorrdrecht,drodrecht,odrdrecht
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dordrecht - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Dordrecht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-O-R-D-R-E-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɔɹdɹɛkt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.