developed
\dɪˈvɛl.əpt\
The verdict
“developed” is uncommon French (frequency #89,597 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,597
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prétérit du verbe to develop.
Corpus desk
Index FR-developed · developed · French
developed · rank #89,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,597
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diablotins
Nearest frequency peer: diablotins (+2 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 « developed »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Delacourt
Delacourt
10,408 corpus weight
- developed
developed
10,404 corpus weight
- diablotins
diablotins
10,402 corpus weight
- diachronique
diachronique
10,401 corpus weight
- dialectale
dialectale
10,400 corpus weight
- digicode
digicode
10,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « developed » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | developed |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɪˈvɛl.əpt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « developed » en français
Rare enough to double-check
developed is uncommon French at frequency #89,597 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \dɪˈvɛl.əpt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
developed has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is developed, spelled D-E-V-E-L-O-P-E-D.
Definition
- 1Prétérit du verbe to develop.
- 2Participe passé du verbe to develop.
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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