Denmark

\ˈdɛn.mɑɹk\

/\ˈdɛn.mɑɹk\/ name

The verdict

“Denmark” is uncommon French (frequency #67,430 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,430
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danemark (pays d’Europe).

Corpus desk

Index FR-denmark · Denmark · French

Denmark · rank #67,430 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,430
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dentée

Nearest frequency peer: dentée (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Denmark »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Denmark » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Denmark
PropertyValue
HeadwordDenmark
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ˈdɛn.mɑɹk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,430
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Denmark » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Denmarktombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dentée » (#67,431), « demeurez » (#67,427), « Desaix » (#67,434). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Denmark » est au #67,430. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Denmark is uncommon French at frequency #67,430 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈdɛn.mɑɹk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Danemark (pays d’Europe).".

Denmark has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Denmark, spelled D-E-N-M-A-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Danemark (pays d’Europe).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Denmark appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Marcellus: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Denmark"?
"Denmark" is spelled D-E-N-M-A-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdɛn.mɑɹk\.
What does "Denmark" mean?
As a proper noun, "Denmark" means: Danemark (pays d’Europe).
How do you pronounce "Denmark"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Denmark" is \ˈdɛn.mɑɹk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Denmark" come from?
"Denmark" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Denmark", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list