Duby
The verdict
“Duby” is uncommon French (frequency #65,089 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,089
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-duby · Duby · French
Duby · rank #65,089 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,089
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dormons
Nearest frequency peer: dormons (-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 « Duby »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- divague
divague
34,915 corpus weight
- diviseurs
diviseurs
34,914 corpus weight
- dormons
dormons
34,913 corpus weight
- Duby
Duby
34,912 corpus weight
- Dupleix
Dupleix
34,911 corpus weight
- déchargés
déchargés
34,909 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Duby » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Duby |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,089 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Duby » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Duby is uncommon French at frequency #65,089 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Duby in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Duby, spelled D-U-B-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Duby appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je me souviens de mon plaisir de lire et d’apprendre avec les livres des grands historiens Philippe Ariès, Georges Duby, Jacques Le Goff.
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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