dulce de leche
/ˌdulseɪ də ˈlɛtʃeɪ/
"dulce-de-leche" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dulce de leche” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A South American sweet spread made from sugar and boiled milk.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dulce-de-leche · dulce de leche · English
dulce de leche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dulce de leche |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdulseɪ də ˈlɛtʃeɪ/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dulce de leche” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dulce de leche is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌdulseɪ də ˈlɛtʃeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A South American sweet spread made from sugar and boiled milk.".
dulce de leche has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish dulce de leche (literally “sweet [made] of milk”). Compare dolcelatte. The correct English form is dulce de leche, spelled D-U-L-C-E- -D-E- -L-E-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1A South American sweet spread made from sugar and boiled milk.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dulce de leche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unlike dulce de leche, in which milk is cooked down with sugar until it thickens into gold, the milk stays white here — burfi comes from the Persian word for snow — for a purer flavor.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish dulce de leche (literally “sweet [made] of milk”). Compare dolcelatte.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.