Duell

/[duˈɛl]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,933

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

Duell is aGermannoun. It means: ein meist nach zuvor festgelegten Regeln ausgetragener Zweikampf mit Waffen Pronounced [duˈɛl]. It ranks #5,933 in German word frequency. Often confused with Duett and Duelle.

Key facts for Duell
PropertyValue
HeadwordDuell
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[duˈɛl]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,933
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Duell in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Duell is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [duˈɛl]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,933 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein meist nach zuvor festgelegten Regeln ausgetragener Zweikampf mit Waffen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for Duell, with forms such as "dduell", "deull", and "duel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Duett", "Duelle", "del", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Duell, spelled D-U-E-L-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein meist nach zuvor festgelegten Regeln ausgetragener Zweikampf mit Waffen

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dduell,deull,duel,dulel,udell

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Duell

Misspelling Variants of "Duell"

dduell6deull5duel4dulel5udell5
Misspelling Variants of "Duell"

Frequency rank: #5,933 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Duell"?
"Duell" is spelled D-U-E-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is [duˈɛl].
What does "Duell" mean?
As a noun, "Duell" means: ein meist nach zuvor festgelegten Regeln ausgetragener Zweikampf mit Waffen
What words are commonly confused with "Duell"?
"Duell" is commonly confused with "Duett", "Duelle", "del". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Duell"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Duell" is [duˈɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Duell" come from?
"Duell" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.