Duchemin

name

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The verdict

“Duchemin” is uncommon French (frequency #65,875 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,875
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-duchemin · Duchemin · French

Duchemin · rank #65,875 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,875
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH drains

Nearest frequency peer: drains (-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 « Duchemin »

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 « Duchemin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Duchemin
PropertyValue
HeadwordDuchemin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,875
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Duchemin » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « drains » (#65,874), « Dunkerquois » (#65,876), « draguent » (#65,873). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Duchemin » est au #65,875. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Duchemin is uncommon French at frequency #65,875 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Duchemin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Duchemin, spelled D-U-C-H-E-M-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Marie-Angélique Duchemin.

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 "Duchemin"?
"Duchemin" is spelled D-U-C-H-E-M-I-N.
What does "Duchemin" mean?
As a proper noun, "Duchemin" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Duchemin" come from?
"Duchemin" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

draguent#65,873déclares#65,880Donatien#65,869dédaigne#65,885

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list