duplum
The verdict
“duplum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Doppelte, doppelte Summe
Corpus desk
Index DE-duplum · duplum · German
duplum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duplum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „duplum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
duplum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Doppelte, doppelte Summe".
Zero misspellings are on record for duplum in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is duplum, spelled D-U-P-L-U-M.
Definition
- 1das Doppelte, doppelte Summe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how duplum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„maiores nostri sic habuerunt et ita in legibus posiverunt: furem dupli condemnari, feneratorem quadrupli. quanto peiorem civem existimarint feneratorem quam furem, hinc licet existimare.“ (Cato, agr., pr. 1)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.