duchesse
/duːˈʃɛs/
"duchesse" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“duchesse” is uncommon English (frequency #79,475 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,475
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A French duchess.
Corpus desk
Index EN-duchesse · duchesse · English
duchesse · rank #79,475 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,475
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dwarfing
Nearest frequency peer: dwarfing (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “duchesse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- drafter
drafter
20,532 corpus weight
- druggist
druggist
20,528 corpus weight
- duchesse
duchesse
20,526 corpus weight
- dwarfing
dwarfing
20,525 corpus weight
- edamame
edamame
20,524 corpus weight
- eggy
eggy
20,521 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “duchesse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duchesse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /duːˈʃɛs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,475 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “duchesse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
duchesse is uncommon English at frequency #79,475 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /duːˈʃɛs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for duchesse, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French duchesse. Doublet of duchess. The correct English form is duchesse, spelled D-U-C-H-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1A French duchess.
- 2A type of dressing table with a swing glass.
- 3Ellipsis of duchesse lace.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duchesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ary Scheffer, the drawing-master of the young Orleans princesses, offered to go with Thiers and procure him an audience of the duc or duchesse, or Madame Adélaïde.
“[T]hat little violet [La Vallière], who hid herself in the grass, and was ashamed of being a mistress, a mother, and a duchesse; that will never be the model.”—Mme de Sévigné.
Etymology
From French duchesse. Doublet of duchess.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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