duelliste
\dɥɛ.list\
The verdict
“duelliste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui se bat souvent en duel, qui cherche les occasions de se battre en duel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-duelliste · duelliste · French
duelliste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | duelliste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɥɛ.list\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « duelliste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
duelliste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɥɛ.list\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui se bat souvent en duel, qui cherche les occasions de se battre en duel.".
No misspelling variants are generated for duelliste in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 duelliste, spelled D-U-E-L-L-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui se bat souvent en duel, qui cherche les occasions de se battre en duel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duelliste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À Paris, les hommes sont des systèmes, en Province les systèmes deviennent des hommes, et des hommes à passions incessantes, toujours en présence, s’épiant dans leur intérieur, épiloguant leurs discours, s’observant comme deux duellistes prêts à s’enfoncer six pouces de lame au côté à la moindre distraction, et tâchant de se donner des distractions, enfin…
Le rendez-vous fut pris à un certain endroit hors des murs, dans un pré fort apprécié des duellistes de Poitiers pour sa solitude, fermeté de terrain et commodité naturelle.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.