doncel
[d̪õnˈsel]
The verdict
“doncel” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,011 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,011
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hombre joven y virgen .
Corpus desk
Index ES-doncel · doncel · Spanish
doncel · rank #80,011 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,011
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH Doménech
Nearest frequency peer: Doménech (-1 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 “doncel”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- distales
distales
19,996 corpus weight
- diversifica…
diversificando
19,995 corpus weight
- documentaron
documentaron
19,993 corpus weight
- Doménech
Doménech
19,991 corpus weight
- doncel
doncel
19,990 corpus weight
- dulcería
dulcería
19,987 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “doncel” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doncel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [d̪õnˈsel] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,011 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “doncel” en español
Rare enough to double-check
doncel is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,011 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [d̪õnˈsel]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for doncel, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is doncel, spelled D-O-N-C-E-L.
Definition
- 1Hombre joven y virgen .
- 2En una corte, noble joven que aún no ha sido nombrado caballero.
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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