discontinu

\dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny\

/\dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny\/ adj

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The verdict

“discontinu” is uncommon French (frequency #67,444 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,444
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui ne se répète pas d’une façon continue ou régulière.

Corpus desk

Index FR-discontinu · discontinu · French

discontinu · rank #67,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,444
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dirigeais

Nearest frequency peer: dirigeais (-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 « discontinu »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « discontinu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for discontinu
PropertyValue
Headworddiscontinu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny\
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « discontinu » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.discontinutombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « dirigeais » (#67,443), « dissimulait » (#67,445), « disséminer » (#67,446). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « discontinu » est au #67,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

discontinu is uncommon French at frequency #67,444 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for discontinu in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is discontinu, spelled D-I-S-C-O-N-T-I-N-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui ne se répète pas d’une façon continue ou régulière.
  2. 2
    Qui présente des solutions de continuité.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une fonction ou une application qui présente au moins une discontinuité.
  4. 4
    Qualifie une voix qui procède par intervalles au lieu de procéder par un chant uniforme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how discontinu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce moteur fait des bruits discontinus.
  2. Une deuxième bande moins importante et discontinue commence un peu à l’W. de Fontaine-les-Luxeuil pour se terminer à la vallée de la Saône, vers Ormoy.

Antonyms

continuindiscontinu

This word in other languages

intermittent(English)discontinuo(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "discontinu"?
"discontinu" is spelled D-I-S-C-O-N-T-I-N-U. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny\.
What does "discontinu" mean?
As an adjective, "discontinu" means: Qui ne se répète pas d’une façon continue ou régulière.
How do you pronounce "discontinu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "discontinu" is \dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "discontinu" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "discontinu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

disséminer#67,446decoration#67,425défendrons#67,465dénégation#67,467

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list