duk
\d̪uk\
The verdict
“duk” is uncommon French (frequency #89,621 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,621
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tu l'as, Tu as un(e).
Corpus desk
Index FR-duk · duk · French
duk · rank #89,621 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,621
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dullin
Nearest frequency peer: Dullin (+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 « duk »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dreaming
dreaming
10,383 corpus weight
- drue
drue
10,382 corpus weight
- duk
duk
10,380 corpus weight
- Dullin
Dullin
10,379 corpus weight
- Dumais
Dumais
10,378 corpus weight
- Dupree
Dupree
10,377 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « duk » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duk |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \d̪uk\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #89,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « duk » en français
Rare enough to double-check
duk is uncommon French at frequency #89,621 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \d̪uk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for duk in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is duk, spelled D-U-K.
Definition
- 1Tu l'as, Tu as un(e).
- 2Tu le/la : forme d'auxiliaire utilisée conjointement avec un participe pour indiquer le sujet et l'objet direct d'un verbe transitif.
- 3Forme allocutive de da, utilisée informellement pour impliquer le locuteur dans la narration (à la manière d'un datif éthique).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Liburu bat duk.
Liburua irakurri duk.
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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