dunk

\dœŋk\

/\dœŋk\/ noun

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The verdict

“dunk” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,992
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désigne un smash au jeu de basket.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dunk · dunk · French

dunk · rank #44,992 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,992
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Duarte

Nearest frequency peer: Duarte (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dunk »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dunk » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dunk vs dur
50% similar
dunk vs duo
50% similar
dunk vs dus
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dunk
PropertyValue
Headworddunk
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dœŋk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#44,992
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dunk »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dunkse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Duarte » (#44,991), « déballage » (#44,993), « dramatiquement » (#44,990). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dunk » est au #44,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around dunk (IPA \dœŋk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,992 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Désigne un smash au jeu de basket.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dunk, with forms such as "ddunk", "dnuk", and "dukn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dur", "duo", "dus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 dunk, spelled D-U-N-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Désigne un smash au jeu de basket.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Faire un dunk.
  2. L’arrière des Bulls réclama la balle, transperça la défense des Lakers et conclut son action d’un dunk rageur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddunk
  • dnuk
  • dukn
  • dunkk
  • dunnk
  • udnk

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dunk - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddunk1dnuk2dukn2dunkk1dunnk1udnk2
Edit distance from "dunk"

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 "dunk"?
"dunk" is spelled D-U-N-K. The IPA pronunciation is \dœŋk\.
What does "dunk" mean?
As a noun, "dunk" means: Désigne un smash au jeu de basket.
What words are commonly confused with "dunk"?
"dunk" is commonly confused with "dur", "duo", "dus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dunk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dunk" is \dœŋk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dunk" come from?
"dunk" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dota#44,989Deum#44,977Daly#44,971cubs#44,966

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

cont6 variantsBuch6 variantsgégé6 variantsimmune6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list