Deut
\dɔɪ̯t\
The verdict
“Deut” is uncommon French (frequency #96,817 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,817
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce de cuivre ayant eu cours aux XVIIᵉ et XVIIIᵉ siècles dans les régions de Geldern, Clèves et aux Pays-Bas ainsi qu'en Indonésie (frappés par la Compagnie néerlandaise des Indes orientales).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Deut |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔɪ̯t\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #96,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Deut” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Deut is uncommon French at frequency #96,817 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔɪ̯t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Deut in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Deut, spelled D-E-U-T.
Definition
- 1Pièce de cuivre ayant eu cours aux XVIIᵉ et XVIIIᵉ siècles dans les régions de Geldern, Clèves et aux Pays-Bas ainsi qu'en Indonésie (frappés par la Compagnie néerlandaise des Indes orientales).
- 2(Uniquement à l'accusatif, dans l'expression keinen Deut) Une très petite quantité, un rien. Sens figuré de liard, kopek.
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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Using “Deut”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.