Dominican
/də.ˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/
The verdict
“Dominican” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,524 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,524
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dominicano.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dominican |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /də.ˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dominican” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dominican is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,524 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /də.ˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Dominican, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Dominican, spelled D-O-M-I-N-I-C-A-N.
Definition
- 1Dominicano.
- 2Dominiqués.
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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Using “Dominican”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-O-M-I-N-I-C-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /də.ˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/ (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.