Derry
The verdict
“Derry” is uncommon French (frequency #68,977 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,977
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Londonderry.
Corpus desk
Index FR-derry · Derry · French
Derry · rank #68,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,977
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH descendais
Nearest frequency peer: descendais (+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 « Derry »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- demeurèrent
demeurèrent
31,028 corpus weight
- derechef
derechef
31,026 corpus weight
- Derry
Derry
31,024 corpus weight
- descendais
descendais
31,023 corpus weight
- destructif
destructif
31,021 corpus weight
- devines
devines
31,020 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Derry » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Derry |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Derry » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Derry is uncommon French at frequency #68,977 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Derry in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Derry, spelled D-E-R-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Londonderry.
- 2Comté autour de cette ville, en Irlande du Nord.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Derry appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Derry Urban Area had a population of 105,066 in 2011.
Cattle were also smuggled by boats on Lough Foyle, lying between counties Derry and Donegal, or by lorry or on foot.
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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