duathlon
\dy.a.tlɔ̃\
The verdict
“duathlon” is uncommon French (frequency #77,437 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,437
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épreuve sportive constituée de deux sports d’endurance : le cyclisme (en vélo de route) et la course à pied (à ne pas confondre avec le vétathlon).
Corpus desk
Index FR-duathlon · duathlon · French
duathlon · rank #77,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,437
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH DTC
Nearest frequency peer: DTC (-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 « duathlon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- drainés
drainés
22,568 corpus weight
- DTC
DTC
22,565 corpus weight
- duathlon
duathlon
22,564 corpus weight
- déboucha
déboucha
22,562 corpus weight
- déboulent
déboulent
22,561 corpus weight
- décimaux
décimaux
22,560 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « duathlon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duathlon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dy.a.tlɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « duathlon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
duathlon is uncommon French at frequency #77,437 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dy.a.tlɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épreuve sportive constituée de deux sports d’endurance : le cyclisme (en vélo de route) et la course à pied (à ne pas confondre avec le vétathlon).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for duathlon, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 duathlon, spelled D-U-A-T-H-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1Épreuve sportive constituée de deux sports d’endurance : le cyclisme (en vélo de route) et la course à pied (à ne pas confondre avec le vétathlon).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duathlon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nager, rouler et courir. Les sports enchaînés n’ont pas autorisé beaucoup d’écarts aux Rochelais(es) des équipes de triathlon et duathlon en juillet et août.
Plus accessible pour ceux que la natation effraie, le duathlon propose un enchaînement course à pied, vélo, course à pied.
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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