Denoël

name

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The verdict

“Denoël” is uncommon French (frequency #52,000 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,000
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-denoel · Denoël · French

Denoël · rank #52,000 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,000
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH DDE

Nearest frequency peer: DDE (-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 « Denoël »

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 « Denoël » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Denoël
PropertyValue
HeadwordDenoël
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,000
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Denoël » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Denoëltombe 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: « DDE » (#51,999), « deutéronome » (#52,001), « devancée » (#52,002). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Denoël » est au #52,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Denoël is uncommon French at frequency #52,000 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Denoël in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Denoël, spelled D-E-N-O-Ë-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. J’aurais aimé être sûre que Denoël appelât citations les personnages mêmes de Cocteau et Bérard ; ne sont-ils pas, en vérité, quelque chose que l’auteur souhaitait voir exprimé et qu’il a déjà trouvé tout exprimé, pour ainsi dire « dans le commerce » ?

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 "Denoël"?
"Denoël" is spelled D-E-N-O-Ë-L.
What does "Denoël" mean?
As a proper noun, "Denoël" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Denoël" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list