Drácula
[ˈd̪ɾakula]
The verdict
“Drácula” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,648
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vlad Drăculea, príncipe valaco, héroe rumano, famoso por su crueldad.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Drácula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪ɾakula] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Drácula” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Drácula (IPA [ˈd̪ɾakula]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,648 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Drácula, with forms such as "ddrácula", "drcáula", and "drrácula". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Drácula, spelled D-R-Á-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Vlad Drăculea, príncipe valaco, héroe rumano, famoso por su crueldad.
- 2Personaje de ficción que bebía sangre humana. Creado por Bram Stoker, su figura ha sido retomada por otros escritores, cineastas y dibujantes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddrácula
- drcáula
- drrácula
- dráccula
- dráclua
- drácual
- dráculla
- dráucla
- dárcula
- rdácula
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Drácula - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Drácula”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-R-Á-C-U-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈd̪ɾakula] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.