Daegu
[d̪aˈeɣ̞u]
The verdict
“Daegu” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,817 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,817
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Es la tercera ciudad en importancia de Corea del Sur. Es una ciudad universitaria; posee la principal industria textil de Corea; y también le dan su sello la medicina oriental, sus parques y jardin...
Corpus desk
Index ES-daegu · Daegu · Spanish
Daegu · rank #82,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,817
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH danzón
Nearest frequency peer: danzón (+2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “Daegu”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cumpliéndose
cumpliéndose
17,189 corpus weight
- cáustico
cáustico
17,187 corpus weight
- Daegu
Daegu
17,184 corpus weight
- danzón
danzón
17,182 corpus weight
- Dayan
Dayan
17,180 corpus weight
- decantarse
decantarse
17,179 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Daegu” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Daegu |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [d̪aˈeɣ̞u] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Daegu” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Daegu is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,817 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [d̪aˈeɣ̞u]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Es la tercera ciudad en importancia de Corea del Sur. Es una ciudad universitaria; posee la principal industria textil de Corea; y también le dan su sello la medicina oriental, sus parques y jardin...".
Daegu has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Daegu, spelled D-A-E-G-U.
Definition
- 1Es la tercera ciudad en importancia de Corea del Sur. Es una ciudad universitaria; posee la principal industria textil de Corea; y también le dan su sello la medicina oriental, sus parques y jardines, y su religiosidad (budismo, Confucio).
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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