denning
\ˈdɛn.ɪŋ\
The verdict
“denning” is uncommon French (frequency #91,598 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,598
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de den.
Corpus desk
Index FR-denning · denning · French
denning · rank #91,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,598
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Delli
Nearest frequency peer: Delli (-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 « denning »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- deere
deere
8,407 corpus weight
- Dehli
Dehli
8,406 corpus weight
- Delli
Delli
8,404 corpus weight
- denning
denning
8,403 corpus weight
- denticules
denticules
8,402 corpus weight
- deposit
deposit
8,401 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « denning » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | denning |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈdɛn.ɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « denning » en français
Rare enough to double-check
denning is uncommon French at frequency #91,598 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈdɛn.ɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de den.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for denning, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is denning, spelled D-E-N-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de den.
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.
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