ducal
[d̪uˈkal]
The verdict
“ducal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,264 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,264
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio o relativo al duque o la duquesa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ducal · ducal · Spanish
ducal · rank #62,264 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,264
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH druidas
Nearest frequency peer: druidas (-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 “ducal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- dividían
dividían
37,743 corpus weight
- domus
domus
37,742 corpus weight
- donadores
donadores
37,741 corpus weight
- drift
drift
37,739 corpus weight
- druidas
druidas
37,738 corpus weight
- ducal
ducal
37,737 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ducal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ducal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪uˈkal] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ducal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ducal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,264 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [d̪uˈkal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propio o relativo al duque o la duquesa.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ducal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ducal, spelled D-U-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Propio o relativo al duque o la duquesa.
This word in other languages
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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