dune
/djʊːn/
The verdict
“dune” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,866 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,866
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Duna.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dune · dune · Spanish
dune · rank #50,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,866
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH ducho
Nearest frequency peer: ducho (-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 “dune”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- downtown
downtown
49,138 corpus weight
- ducho
ducho
49,136 corpus weight
- dune
dune
49,135 corpus weight
- duplicidad
duplicidad
49,134 corpus weight
- ear
ear
49,133 corpus weight
- egocentrismo
egocentrismo
49,131 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dune” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dune |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /djʊːn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dune” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dune is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,866 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /djʊːn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Duna.".
Zero misspellings are on record for dune in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is dune, spelled D-U-N-E.
Definition
- 1Duna.
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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