ducal

\dy.kal\

/\dy.kal\/ adj

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The verdict

“ducal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,991. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,991
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient, qui est propre à un duc, à une duchesse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ducal · ducal · French

ducal · rank #34,991 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,991
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dress

Nearest frequency peer: dress (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ducal »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ducal » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ducal vs duel
60% similar
ducal vs ducs
60% similar
ducal vs duck
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ducal
PropertyValue
Headwordducal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dy.kal\
Letters5
Frequency rank#34,991
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ducal »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ducalse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dress » (#34,990), « débordée » (#34,992), « draper » (#34,989). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « ducal » est au #34,991. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around ducal (IPA \dy.kal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,991 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ducal, with forms such as "dcual", "dducal", and "duacl". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "duel", "ducs", "duck", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ducal, spelled D-U-C-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui appartient, qui est propre à un duc, à une duchesse.
  2. 2
    Relatif au doge de Venise, au dogat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Manteau ducal.
  2. Couronne ducale → couronne qui était ouverte et garnie de huit feuilles ou fleurons.

This word in other languages

ducal(English)ducal(Español)ducal(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcual
  • dducal
  • duacl
  • ducall
  • duccal
  • ducla
  • udcal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ducal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

dcual2dducal1duacl2ducall1duccal1ducla2udcal2
Edit distance from "ducal"

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 "ducal"?
"ducal" is spelled D-U-C-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \dy.kal\.
What does "ducal" mean?
As an adjective, "ducal" means: Qui appartient, qui est propre à un duc, à une duchesse.
What words are commonly confused with "ducal"?
"ducal" is commonly confused with "duel", "ducs", "duck". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ducal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ducal" is \dy.kal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ducal" come from?
"ducal" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dress#34,990déplu#35,002dévie#35,008criez#34,966

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

cornu7 variantsennuies7 variantsFroome7 variantsgarnis7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list