dubus
\ˈdu.bus\
The verdict
“dubus” is uncommon French (frequency #69,768 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,768
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conditionnel de dubi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dubus · dubus · French
dubus · rank #69,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,768
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dua
Nearest frequency peer: dua (-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 « dubus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- drugstore
drugstore
30,237 corpus weight
- Drupal
Drupal
30,235 corpus weight
- dua
dua
30,234 corpus weight
- dubus
dubus
30,233 corpus weight
- Dunning
Dunning
30,231 corpus weight
- duroc
duroc
30,230 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dubus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dubus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈdu.bus\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dubus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dubus is uncommon French at frequency #69,768 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈdu.bus\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conditionnel de dubi.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dubus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dubus, spelled D-U-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1Conditionnel de dubi.
Synonyms
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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