dumb
\ˈdʌm\
The verdict
“dumb” is uncommon French (frequency #56,561 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,561
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dumb · dumb · French
dumb · rank #56,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,561
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Duvivier
Nearest frequency peer: Duvivier (+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 « dumb »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- DTN
DTN
43,443 corpus weight
- duchesses
duchesses
43,442 corpus weight
- dumb
dumb
43,440 corpus weight
- Duvivier
Duvivier
43,439 corpus weight
- débutantes
débutantes
43,438 corpus weight
- décadente
décadente
43,437 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dumb » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dumb |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈdʌm\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #56,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dumb » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dumb is uncommon French at frequency #56,561 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈdʌm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dumb doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dumb, spelled D-U-M-B.
Definition
- 1Muet.
- 2Idiot, stupide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dumb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dumb dad sorry for his bet.
I-I go dumb But she know just what I want Really, go run Let the money double up Got a air force one When they see me in the club
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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