dux
/dʌks/noun
dux is spelled D-U-X: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dux means “The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dux is duxes or duces.
How many letters and syllables are in dux?
| Letters | 3: D-U-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dux?
Dux appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dux?
- /dʌks/
Dux has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_dux.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with dux
Sounds like: ducks (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of dux
- duxes plural
- duces plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dux mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaScotlandThe top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
- 2
A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
- 3
The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dux come from?
Borrowed from Latin dux (“leader”). Doublet of doge, duc, duce, and duke.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).