Dudelange
\dyd.lɑ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“Dudelange” is uncommon French (frequency #69,003 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,003
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ville du canton d’Esch-sur-Alzette au Luxembourg.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dudelange |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dyd.lɑ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dudelange” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dudelange is uncommon French at frequency #69,003 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dyd.lɑ̃ʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Dudelange doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Dudelange, spelled D-U-D-E-L-A-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Ville du canton d’Esch-sur-Alzette au Luxembourg.
- 2Section et siège de la commune de Dudelange.
This word in other languages
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 “Dudelange”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-U-D-E-L-A-N-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dyd.lɑ̃ʒ\ (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.