Duells
[duˈɛls]
The verdict
“Duells” is uncommon German (frequency #79,076 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,076
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Duell
Corpus desk
Index DE-duells · Duells · German
Duells · rank #79,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,076
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH dua
Nearest frequency peer: dua (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Duells”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dringlicher
dringlicher
20,929 corpus weight
- dua
dua
20,926 corpus weight
- Duells
Duells
20,925 corpus weight
- Duette
Duette
20,924 corpus weight
- Durango
Durango
20,923 corpus weight
- durchdachter
durchdachter
20,922 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Duells” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Duells |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [duˈɛls] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,076 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Duells” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Duells is uncommon German at frequency #79,076 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [duˈɛls]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Duell".
Zero misspellings are on record for Duells in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Duells, spelled D-U-E-L-L-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Duell
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.