duopoly
/djuːˈɒpəli/
"duopoly" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“duopoly” is uncommon English (frequency #56,718 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,718
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-duopoly · duopoly · English
duopoly · rank #56,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,718
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH duomo
Nearest frequency peer: duomo (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “duopoly”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dray
dray
43,287 corpus weight
- DTC
DTC
43,286 corpus weight
- Dukakis
Dukakis
43,285 corpus weight
- duomo
duomo
43,284 corpus weight
- duopoly
duopoly
43,283 corpus weight
- Edgeworth
Edgeworth
43,278 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “duopoly” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duopoly |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /djuːˈɒpəli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “duopoly” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
duopoly is uncommon English at frequency #56,718 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /djuːˈɒpəli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for duopoly in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *dwóh₁ From duo- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + -poly (suffix meaning ‘pertaining to the number of sellers in a market’), by analogy with monopoly. The correct English form is duopoly, spelled D-U-O-P-O-L-Y.
Definition
- 1An economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity.
- 2The domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people.
- 3A situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duopoly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Modern examples of duopoly include the American markets for credit cards (Visa and MasterCard), smartphones (Apple and Google), soft drinks (Coca-Cola and Pepsi), and airplanes (Airbus and Boeing).
In 2011, his spirit and body were shattered by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals. Last night, the stakes were just as high – even though the tournament is not out of the first week – because there is a creeping perception that the [Roger] Federer–[Rafael] Nadal duopoly is slowly giving way under pressure from below.
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From duo- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + -poly (suffix meaning ‘pertaining to the number of sellers in a market’), by analogy with monopoly.
This word in other languages
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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