dunkel
[ˈdʊŋkl̩]
The verdict
“dunkel” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oscuro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dunkel · dunkel · Spanish
dunkel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dunkel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈdʊŋkl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dunkel” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dunkel is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈdʊŋkl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oscuro.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dunkel, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is dunkel, spelled D-U-N-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1Oscuro.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.