Dufourcq
The verdict
“Dufourcq” is uncommon French (frequency #86,629 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,629
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dufourcq · Dufourcq · French
Dufourcq · rank #86,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,629
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dufy
Nearest frequency peer: Dufy (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Dufourcq »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- draguait
draguait
13,375 corpus weight
- drei
drei
13,374 corpus weight
- Dufourcq
Dufourcq
13,372 corpus weight
- Dufy
Dufy
13,371 corpus weight
- dunst
dunst
13,370 corpus weight
- durga
durga
13,369 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Dufourcq » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dufourcq |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Dufourcq » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Dufourcq is uncommon French at frequency #86,629 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Dufourcq in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Dufourcq, spelled D-U-F-O-U-R-C-Q.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dufourcq appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est sur la naissance du mouvement franciscain en France. Mon professeur, Albert Dufourcq, me l’a conseillé.
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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