duiden
The verdict
“duiden” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interpréter, expliquer, commenter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-duiden · duiden · French
duiden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | duiden |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « duiden » en français
Rare enough to double-check
duiden is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
duiden doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is duiden, spelled D-U-I-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1Interpréter, expliquer, commenter.
- 2Montrer, indiquer.
- 3Suggérer.
- 4Faire allusion à.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duiden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
dit geluid duidt op een mankement : ce bruit révèle un dysfonctionnement.
erop duiden dat : faire présumer, faire présager que.
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.