Dufy
\dy.fi\
The verdict
“Dufy” is uncommon French (frequency #86,630 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,630
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, connu notamment pour le peintre Raoul Dufy (1877-1953).
Corpus desk
Index FR-dufy · Dufy · French
Dufy · rank #86,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,630
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dufourcq
Nearest frequency peer: Dufourcq (-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 « Dufy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- Dussollier
Dussollier
13,368 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Dufy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dufy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dy.fi\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Dufy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Dufy is uncommon French at frequency #86,630 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dy.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille, connu notamment pour le peintre Raoul Dufy (1877-1953).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dufy, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Dufy, spelled D-U-F-Y.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille, connu notamment pour le peintre Raoul Dufy (1877-1953).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dufy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
– Raoul Dufy a habité en face de l’île des Loups. Il l’a peinte : une scène de canotiers. Je pense que c’est un de ses plus beaux tableaux. Je n’aime pas tout Dufy, il sombre parfois dans la facilité, mais quelle joie, quel naturel !
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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