Dulcinea
[d̪ulsiˈnea]
The verdict
“Dulcinea” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,553 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,553
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exoplaneta que orbita la estrella Cervantes de la constelación Ara (Altar).
Corpus desk
Index ES-dulcinea · Dulcinea · Spanish
Dulcinea · rank #55,553 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,553
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH eclipsado
Nearest frequency peer: eclipsado (+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 “Dulcinea”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- DRAE
DRAE
44,452 corpus weight
- dramaturga
dramaturga
44,451 corpus weight
- Dulcinea
Dulcinea
44,448 corpus weight
- eclipsado
eclipsado
44,447 corpus weight
- embate
embate
44,443 corpus weight
- emboscadas
emboscadas
44,442 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Dulcinea” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dulcinea |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [d̪ulsiˈnea] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,553 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Dulcinea” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Dulcinea is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,553 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [d̪ulsiˈnea]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exoplaneta que orbita la estrella Cervantes de la constelación Ara (Altar).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dulcinea, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Dulcinea, spelled D-U-L-C-I-N-E-A.
Definition
- 1Exoplaneta que orbita la estrella Cervantes de la constelación Ara (Altar).
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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