dua
/ˈdu.a/
The verdict
“dua” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,528 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,528
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segundo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dua · dua · Spanish
dua · rank #61,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,528
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH Drucker
Nearest frequency peer: Drucker (-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 “dua”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- dominen
dominen
38,478 corpus weight
- Dominican
Dominican
38,477 corpus weight
- Drucker
Drucker
38,474 corpus weight
- dua
dua
38,473 corpus weight
- duales
duales
38,472 corpus weight
- economizar
economizar
38,467 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dua” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˈdu.a/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #61,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dua” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dua is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,528 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˈdu.a/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segundo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for dua in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 dua, spelled D-U-A.
Definition
- 1Segundo.
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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