Dumaguete
/dʊ.mɐˈɡɛ.tɛ/
"dumaguete" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dumaguete” is uncommon English (frequency #96,963 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,963
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the provincial capital of Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, Philippines.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dumaguete · Dumaguete · English
Dumaguete · rank #96,963 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,963
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dulcinea
Nearest frequency peer: dulcinea (-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 “Dumaguete”
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 “Dumaguete” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dumaguete |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /dʊ.mɐˈɡɛ.tɛ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #96,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Dumaguete” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Dumaguete is uncommon English at frequency #96,963 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /dʊ.mɐˈɡɛ.tɛ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city, the provincial capital of Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, Philippines.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dumaguete, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Dumaguete, ultimately from Cebuano dagit. The correct English form is Dumaguete, spelled D-U-M-A-G-U-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1A city, the provincial capital of Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, Philippines.
Etymology
From Spanish Dumaguete, ultimately from Cebuano dagit.
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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