demi-douze
\də.mi.duz\
The verdict
“demi-douze” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Six.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demi-douze · demi-douze · French
demi-douze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | demi-douze |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.mi.duz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « demi-douze » en français
Rare enough to double-check
demi-douze is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \də.mi.duz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for demi-douze in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is demi-douze, spelled D-E-M-I---D-O-U-Z-E.
Definition
- 1Six.
- 2Personne cis, qui n’est pas trans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how demi-douze appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sinon, les demi-douze, ça vous dit d’arrêter de faire des blagues sur la transphobie ?
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.