Duhamel
"duhamel" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Duhamel” is uncommon English (frequency #60,775 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,775
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French [in turn from Old French].
Corpus desk
Index EN-duhamel · Duhamel · English
Duhamel · rank #60,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,775
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dozer
Nearest frequency peer: dozer (-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 “Duhamel”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dominator
dominator
39,229 corpus weight
- dowel
dowel
39,228 corpus weight
- dozer
dozer
39,227 corpus weight
- Duhamel
Duhamel
39,226 corpus weight
- dullness
dullness
39,225 corpus weight
- Dunmore
Dunmore
39,224 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Duhamel” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Duhamel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #60,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Duhamel” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Duhamel is uncommon English at frequency #60,775 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from French [in turn from Old French].".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Duhamel in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Duhamel, habitational surname from Old French du hamel (“of the hamlet”). The correct English form is Duhamel, spelled D-U-H-A-M-E-L.
Definition
- 1A surname from French [in turn from Old French].
Etymology
From French Duhamel, habitational surname from Old French du hamel (“of the hamlet”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).