Dullin
\dy.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“Dullin” is uncommon French (frequency #89,622 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,622
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille, connu entre autres par Charles Dullin, metteur en scène de théâtre (1885-1949).
Corpus desk
Index FR-dullin · Dullin · French
Dullin · rank #89,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,622
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH duk
Nearest frequency peer: duk (-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 « Dullin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- duron
duron
10,376 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Dullin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dullin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dy.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Dullin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Dullin is uncommon French at frequency #89,622 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dy.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille, connu entre autres par Charles Dullin, metteur en scène de théâtre (1885-1949).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Dullin in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Dullin, spelled D-U-L-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille, connu entre autres par Charles Dullin, metteur en scène de théâtre (1885-1949).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dullin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand il m’envoyait au Studio des Ursulines voir — en matinée, avec ma mère — un film d’avant-garde ou à l’Atelier le dernier spectacle de Dullin, il me disait seulement : « Il ne faut pas manquer ça. »
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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