diphtongues
\dif.tɔ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“diphtongues” is uncommon French (frequency #97,857 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,857
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de diphtongue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diphtongues · diphtongues · French
diphtongues · rank #97,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,857
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH disa
Nearest frequency peer: disa (+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 « diphtongues »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dimensionner
dimensionner
2,146 corpus weight
- diphtongues
diphtongues
2,144 corpus weight
- disa
disa
2,143 corpus weight
- discourse
discourse
2,142 corpus weight
- disettes
disettes
2,141 corpus weight
- diseur
diseur
2,140 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « diphtongues » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diphtongues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dif.tɔ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diphtongues » en français
Rare enough to double-check
diphtongues is uncommon French at frequency #97,857 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dif.tɔ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de diphtongue.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for diphtongues in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is diphtongues, spelled D-I-P-H-T-O-N-G-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de diphtongue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how diphtongues appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certains phonèmes sont particulièrement instables: des voyelles se diphtonguent et se dédiphtonguent alternativement, les diphtongues changent de sens (ascendant ou descendant) très facilement, et ceci d’autant plus lorsqu’elles sont en syllabe finale et que la langue hésite entre la tendance à l’accent sur la dernière et celle à l’accent sur la pénultièm…
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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