dulcinea
"dulcinea" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dulcinea” is uncommon English (frequency #96,962 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,962
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sweetheart, ladylove
Corpus desk
Index EN-dulcinea · dulcinea · English
dulcinea · rank #96,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,962
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dumaguete
Nearest frequency peer: Dumaguete (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “dulcinea”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dropsy
dropsy
3,042 corpus weight
- dugong
dugong
3,041 corpus weight
- dulcinea
dulcinea
3,039 corpus weight
- Dumaguete
Dumaguete
3,038 corpus weight
- Dury
Dury
3,036 corpus weight
- Dwane
Dwane
3,035 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dulcinea” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dulcinea |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dulcinea” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dulcinea is uncommon English at frequency #96,962 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sweetheart, ladylove".
dulcinea doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Dulcinea, the name of Don Quixote's mistress in Cervantes' romance. The name in Spanish is derived from Latin dulce, from Latin dulcis. The correct English form is dulcinea, spelled D-U-L-C-I-N-E-A.
Definition
- 1sweetheart, ladylove
Etymology
From Spanish Dulcinea, the name of Don Quixote's mistress in Cervantes' romance. The name in Spanish is derived from Latin dulce, from Latin dulcis.
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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