Dumortier

\dy.mɔʁ.tje\

/\dy.mɔʁ.tje\/ name

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The verdict

“Dumortier” is uncommon French (frequency #93,693 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,693
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dumortier · Dumortier · French

Dumortier · rank #93,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,693
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH drip

Nearest frequency peer: drip (-2 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 « Dumortier »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Dumortier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dumortier
PropertyValue
HeadwordDumortier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dy.mɔʁ.tje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,693
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Dumortier » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Dumortiertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « drip » (#93,691), « douars » (#93,690), « dormiront » (#93,689). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dumortier » est au #93,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dumortier is uncommon French at frequency #93,693 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dy.mɔʁ.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Dumortier in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists 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 Dumortier, spelled D-U-M-O-R-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Dumortier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À 22 ans, le Lyonnais Ethan Dumortier a fêté sa première sélection en Bleu, dimanche, lors de la victoire bonifiée, mais laborieuse en Italie (24-29), avec un essai.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Dumortier"?
"Dumortier" is spelled D-U-M-O-R-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dy.mɔʁ.tje\.
What does "Dumortier" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dumortier" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Dumortier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dumortier" is \dy.mɔʁ.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dumortier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dumortier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

débriefer#93,697dormiront#93,689délectent#93,701devenions#93,677

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list