ducal

Name: ducal, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/du.ˈkaɫ/

//du.ˈkaɫ// adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ducal” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,983 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,983
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,193
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de duque

Corpus desk

Index PT-ducal · ducal · Portuguese

ducal · rank #89,983 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #89,983
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 1,193
PHOTO-FINISH dístico

Nearest frequency peer: dístico (+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.

desgostar

10,042
desmarcado

10,039
docilidade

10,024
ducal

10,018
dístico

10,016
embolado

10,006

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ducal” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Key facts for ducal
Property	Value
Headword	ducal
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/du.ˈkaɫ/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#89,983
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “ducal” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ducalcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#89,983

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “dístico” (#89,985), “docilidade” (#89,977), “embolado” (#89,995). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “ducal” fica em #89,983. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ducal is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,983 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /du.ˈkaɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "de duque".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ducal, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ducal, spelled D-U-C-A-L.

Definition

1
de duque

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 Portuguese 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 /du.ˈkaɫ/.

What does "ducal" mean?

As an adjective, "ducal" means: de duque

How do you pronounce "ducal"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ducal" is /du.ˈkaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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