duel
\dɥɛl\
The verdict
“duel” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,497
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a deux aspects, qui exprime une dualité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-duel · duel · French
duel · rank #6,497 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,497
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dollar
Nearest frequency peer: dollar (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “duel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- devienne
devienne
93,508 corpus weight
- dollar
dollar
93,505 corpus weight
- duel
duel
93,504 corpus weight
- défilé
défilé
93,503 corpus weight
- dépôts
dépôts
93,502 corpus weight
- détenus
détenus
93,501 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “duel” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɥɛl\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #6,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “duel” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around duel (IPA \dɥɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,497 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui a deux aspects, qui exprime une dualité.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for duel, with forms such as "dduel", "deul", and "duell". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dur", "duo", "dus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is duel, spelled D-U-E-L.
Definition
- 1Qui a deux aspects, qui exprime une dualité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est écartelé entre des pulsions duelles.
Les relations duelles entre ordre et désordre, articulé et inarticulé.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dduel
- deul
- duell
- dule
- udel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duel - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "duel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "duel" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "dur". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,497 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.