Duell
\duˈɛl\
The verdict
“Duell” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Duel, combat singulier entre deux personnes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-duell · Duell · French
Duell · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Duell |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \duˈɛl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Duell » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Duell is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \duˈɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Duel, combat singulier entre deux personnes.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Duell, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Duell, spelled D-U-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1Duel, combat singulier entre deux personnes.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.