dux
[ˈd̪uks]
The verdict
“dux” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,883 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,883
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En las antiguas repúblcas de Génova y Venecia, magistrado supremo o príncipe.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dux · dux · Spanish
dux · rank #66,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,883
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH droguería
Nearest frequency peer: droguería (-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 “dux”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- dollars
dollars
33,123 corpus weight
- drogar
drogar
33,120 corpus weight
- droguería
droguería
33,119 corpus weight
- dux
dux
33,118 corpus weight
- ecuestres
ecuestres
33,116 corpus weight
- efectuarán
efectuarán
33,114 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dux” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dux |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈd̪uks] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #66,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dux” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dux is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,883 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈd̪uks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En las antiguas repúblcas de Génova y Venecia, magistrado supremo o príncipe.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dux in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is dux, spelled D-U-X.
Definition
- 1En las antiguas repúblcas de Génova y Venecia, magistrado supremo o príncipe.
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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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