Dubrovnik

\dy.bʁov.nik\

/\dy.bʁov.nik\/ name

The verdict

“Dubrovnik” is uncommon French (frequency #52,624 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,624
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Municipalité de Croatie, capitale du comitat de Dubrovnik-Neretva.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dubrovnik · Dubrovnik · French

Dubrovnik · rank #52,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,624
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH duce

Nearest frequency peer: duce (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Dubrovnik »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Dubrovnik » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dubrovnik
PropertyValue
HeadwordDubrovnik
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dy.bʁov.nik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,624
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Dubrovnik » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Dubrovniktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « duce » (#52,625), « drill » (#52,622), « Ducharme » (#52,626). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dubrovnik » est au #52,624. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dubrovnik is uncommon French at frequency #52,624 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dy.bʁov.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Municipalité de Croatie, capitale du comitat de Dubrovnik-Neretva.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dubrovnik, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Dubrovnik, spelled D-U-B-R-O-V-N-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Municipalité de Croatie, capitale du comitat de Dubrovnik-Neretva.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Dubrovnik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Du côté croate, une littérature très riche a fleuri aux XVIᵉ et XVIIᵉ siècles dans la République de Dubrovnik (de dialecte chtokavien) et en Dalmatie vénitienne (de dialecte tchakavien).

Synonyms

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dubrovnik"?
"Dubrovnik" is spelled D-U-B-R-O-V-N-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is \dy.bʁov.nik\.
What does "Dubrovnik" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dubrovnik" means: Municipalité de Croatie, capitale du comitat de Dubrovnik-Neretva.
How do you pronounce "Dubrovnik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dubrovnik" is \dy.bʁov.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dubrovnik" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dubrovnik", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list