Dulcinea
[d̪ulsiˈnea]
The verdict
“Dulcinea” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #55,553 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #55,553
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Exoplaneta que orbita la estrella Cervantes de la constelación Ara (Altar).
| 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) |
Where “Dulcinea” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Dulcinea is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪ulsiˈnea]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,553 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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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Using “Dulcinea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-U-L-C-I-N-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪ulsiˈnea] (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
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.