dux
/dʌks/
"dux" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dux” is an uncommon English word, ranked #65,079 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,079
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dux |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dʌks/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #65,079 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dux” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dux is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dʌks/. Corpus data places it at rank #65,079 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 dux, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin dux (“leader”). Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and duke. The correct English form is dux, spelled D-U-X.
Definition
- 1The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
- 2A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
- 3The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dux (“leader”). Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and duke.
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 “dux”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dʌks/ (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.