duellieren

[duɛˈliːʁən]

/[duɛˈliːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“duellieren” is uncommon German (frequency #70,170 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,170
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit jemandem mit Waffen einen Zweikampf ausfechten

Corpus desk

Index DE-duellieren · duellieren · German

duellieren · rank #70,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,170
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH ducken

Nearest frequency peer: ducken (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „duellieren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „duellieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for duellieren
PropertyValue
Headwordduellieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[duɛˈliːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,170
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „duellieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.duellierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ducken“ (#70,169), „Dualität“ (#70,168), „Dschungels“ (#70,167). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „duellieren“ bei #70,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

duellieren is uncommon German at frequency #70,170 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [duɛˈliːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit jemandem mit Waffen einen Zweikampf ausfechten".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for duellieren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is duellieren, spelled D-U-E-L-L-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit jemandem mit Waffen einen Zweikampf ausfechten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Früher duellierte man sich, um Ehrverletzungen zu klären.
  2. „Jedenfalls sollten sie sich zweimal duellieren.“

This word in other languages

duel(English)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "duellieren"?
"duellieren" is spelled D-U-E-L-L-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [duɛˈliːʁən].
What does "duellieren" mean?
As a verb, "duellieren" means: mit jemandem mit Waffen einen Zweikampf ausfechten
How do you pronounce "duellieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "duellieren" is [duɛˈliːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dschungels#70,167Dreadlocks#70,164Elisabeths#70,197entwässert#70,204

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list