dúctil
[ˈd̪ukt̪il]
The verdict
“dúctil” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,806 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,806
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de un metal: Que, mecánicamente, se puede extender en alambres e hilos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ductil · dúctil · Spanish
dúctil · rank #84,806 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,806
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH durísimas
Nearest frequency peer: durísimas (-2 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 “dúctil”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- duetos
duetos
15,200 corpus weight
- duplicarse
duplicarse
15,199 corpus weight
- duraciones
duraciones
15,198 corpus weight
- durísimas
durísimas
15,197 corpus weight
- dúctil
dúctil
15,195 corpus weight
- Eguiguren
Eguiguren
15,191 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dúctil” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dúctil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈd̪ukt̪il] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dúctil” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dúctil is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,806 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈd̪ukt̪il]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
dúctil has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is dúctil, spelled D-Ú-C-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1Dicho de un metal: Que, mecánicamente, se puede extender en alambres e hilos.
- 2Maleable.
- 3Acomodadizo, de blanda condición, condescendiente.
- 4Dicho de algo: Fácil de deformar.
- 5Dicho de un metal: Que, estando en frío, aún es maleable y mantiene la cualidad de irrompible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dúctil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Las milonitas se desarrollan típicamente en zonas de cizalla dúctil a cierta profundidad en la corteza y manto superior.
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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