ducat
/ˈdʌkət/
"ducat" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ducat” is an uncommon English word, ranked #99,205 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #99,205
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A gold coin minted by various European nations.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ducat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdʌkət/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ducat” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for ducat is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdʌkət/. Corpus data places it at rank #99,205 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ducat, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French ducat, late Old French ducat, from Old Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducātus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”). Doublet of duchy. The correct English form is ducat, spelled D-U-C-A-T.
Definition
- 1A gold coin minted by various European nations.
- 2A coin of the major denomination (dollar, euro, etc.); money in general.
- 3A ticket.
Etymology
From Middle French ducat, late Old French ducat, from Old Italian ducato, from Medieval Latin ducātus, from oblique stem of dux (“duke; leader”). Doublet of duchy.
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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Using “ducat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-U-C-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdʌkət/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.