discontinues
\dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny\
The verdict
“discontinues” is uncommon French (frequency #91,609 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,609
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de discontinu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-discontinues · discontinues · French
discontinues · rank #91,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,609
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diminutifs
Nearest frequency peer: diminutifs (-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 « discontinues »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dimensionnée
dimensionnée
8,395 corpus weight
- diminuaient
diminuaient
8,394 corpus weight
- diminutifs
diminutifs
8,393 corpus weight
- discontinues
discontinues
8,392 corpus weight
- discuterai
discuterai
8,390 corpus weight
- distendu
distendu
8,389 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « discontinues » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discontinues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #91,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « discontinues » en français
Rare enough to double-check
discontinues is uncommon French at frequency #91,609 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de discontinu.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for discontinues, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is discontinues, spelled D-I-S-C-O-N-T-I-N-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de discontinu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how discontinues appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je voudrais rappeler encore le nom d’autres artistes italiens hantés également par la volonté d’« objectualiser » la peinture: Enrico Ciuti est de ceux-là; après une intense et féconde activité de dessinateur, il a créé une série de reliefs monochromes réalisés par la superposition de surfaces discontinues, que leur efficacité perspective semble destiner…
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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