Dunkerque
[d̪ũŋˈkeɾke]
The verdict
“Dunkerque” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,517 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,517
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad del departamento de Nord, Francia, importante puerto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dunkerque · Dunkerque · Spanish
Dunkerque · rank #53,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,517
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH edictos
Nearest frequency peer: edictos (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Dunkerque”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- disuelven
disuelven
46,490 corpus weight
- doloso
doloso
46,488 corpus weight
- Dunkerque
Dunkerque
46,484 corpus weight
- edictos
edictos
46,482 corpus weight
- edulcorante
edulcorante
46,481 corpus weight
- ejemplificar
ejemplificar
46,479 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dunkerque” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dunkerque |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [d̪ũŋˈkeɾke] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “Dunkerque” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
Dunkerque is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,517 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [d̪ũŋˈkeɾke]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad del departamento de Nord, Francia, importante puerto.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Dunkerque in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Dunkerque, spelled D-U-N-K-E-R-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Ciudad del departamento de Nord, Francia, importante puerto.
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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