duchesse

\dy.ʃɛs\

/\dy.ʃɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“duchesse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,230. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,230
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épouse d’un duc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-duchesse · duchesse · French

duchesse · rank #8,230 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,230
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dixième

Nearest frequency peer: dixième (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « duchesse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « duchesse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

duchesse vs duchés
63% similar
duchesse vs ducasse
75% similar
duchesse vs Duchesne
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for duchesse
PropertyValue
Headwordduchesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dy.ʃɛs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,230
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « duchesse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).duchessese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dixième » (#8,229), « délégués » (#8,231), « directs » (#8,228). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « duchesse » est au #8,230. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around duchesse (IPA \dy.ʃɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,230 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for duchesse, with forms such as "dcuhesse", "dduchesse", and "ducchesse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "duchés", "ducasse", "Duchesne", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is duchesse, spelled D-U-C-H-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Épouse d’un duc.
  2. 2
    Femme détenant un duché, ou la même dignité que si elle était l’épouse d’un duc.
  3. 3
    Sorte de ruban.
  4. 4
    Siège en lit de repos, à dossier. (attesté vers 1750)
  5. 5
    Siège en lit de repos, à dossier. (attesté vers 1750)
  6. 6
    Siège en lit de repos, à dossier. (attesté vers 1750)
  7. 7
    Siège en lit de repos, à dossier. (attesté vers 1750)
  8. 8
    Variété de poire très fondante, aussi appelée poire duchesse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quoique la comtesse aspirât à régner sur Paris et qu’elle essayât de marcher de pair avec mesdames les duchesses de Maufrigneuse, de Chaulieu, les marquises d’Espard et d’Aiglemont, les comtesses Féraud, de Montcornet, de Restaud, madame de Camps et mademoiselle Des Touches, elle ne céda point à l’amour du jeune vicomte de Portenduère qui fit d’elle son i…
  2. Elle raconta son entrevue avec la duchesse en parlant à l’oreille de son mari, tant elle craignait que sa femme de chambre n’écoutât à la porte.

This word in other languages

duchess(English)duquesa(Español)Herzogin(Deutsch)duquesa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcuhesse
  • dduchesse
  • ducchesse
  • ducehsse
  • duchese
  • ducheses
  • duchhesse
  • duchsese
  • duhcesse
  • udchesse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duchesse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

dcuhesse2dduchesse1ducchesse1ducehsse2duchese1ducheses2duchhesse1duchsese2
Edit distance from "duchesse"

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 "duchesse"?
"duchesse" is spelled D-U-C-H-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dy.ʃɛs\.
What does "duchesse" mean?
As a noun, "duchesse" means: Épouse d’un duc.
What words are commonly confused with "duchesse"?
"duchesse" is commonly confused with "duchés", "ducasse", "Duchesne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "duchesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "duchesse" is \dy.ʃɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "duchesse" come from?
"duchesse" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

délégués#8,231entourée#8,237comtesse#8,220comptoir#8,219

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

dixième10 variantsentrain10 variantsexplose10 variantschèvre10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list