deux vingts
\dø vɛ̃\
The verdict
“deux vingts” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deux fois vingt, soit quarante, 40.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deux-vingts · deux vingts · French
deux vingts · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deux vingts |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dø vɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
deux vingts is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dø vɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deux fois vingt, soit quarante, 40.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for deux vingts, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 deux vingts, spelled D-E-U-X- -V-I-N-G-T-S.
Definition
- 1Deux fois vingt, soit quarante, 40.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how deux vingts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bldaut du Conuent dit, qu’il ſe ſouuenoit bien de deux vingts & dix kareſme-entrans pour le moins, qu’il n’auroit point failly de ſe trouuer aux Eſcraignes:mais que iamais il n’y auroit ouy de ſi bon conte.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.