Duchenne
\dy.ʃɛn\
The verdict
“Duchenne” is uncommon French (frequency #87,548 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,548
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Duchenne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dy.ʃɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Duchenne” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Duchenne is uncommon French at frequency #87,548 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dy.ʃɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Duchenne in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Duchenne, spelled D-U-C-H-E-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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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Using “Duchenne”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-U-C-H-E-N-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dy.ʃɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.