Dunkerque
\dœ̃.kɛʁk\
The verdict
“Dunkerque” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,310. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,310
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Nord.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dunkerque · Dunkerque · French
Dunkerque · rank #10,310 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,310
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH docteurs
Nearest frequency peer: docteurs (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Dunkerque”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- diamants
diamants
89,694 corpus weight
- djihadistes
djihadistes
89,693 corpus weight
- docteurs
docteurs
89,692 corpus weight
- Dunkerque
Dunkerque
89,691 corpus weight
- dynastie
dynastie
89,690 corpus weight
- débarquer
débarquer
89,689 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dunkerque” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dunkerque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dœ̃.kɛʁk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,310 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Dunkerque” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Dunkerque (IPA \dœ̃.kɛʁk\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,310 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département du Nord.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dunkerque, with forms such as "ddunkerque", "dnukerque", and "duknerque". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Dunkerque, spelled D-U-N-K-E-R-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Nord.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dunkerque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Derrière l’immense ligne de feu qui vous éclabousse, tremblez, petites gens de Pont-à-Mousson, de Fismes et de Dunkerque ! Pendant ce temps, grâce à la Great Fleet, on est bien tranquille à Piccadilly, et jamais les dispositions du Stock Exchange ne se sont montrées plus favorables.
Comme tous les matins depuis plus d’une semaine, l’artillerie allemande déclencha son tir de harcèlement, des coups de 77 très espacés qui visaient le fort des Dunes et les rares batteries encore en position autour de Dunkerque.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddunkerque
- dnukerque
- duknerque
- dunekrque
- dunkeqrue
- dunkerqeu
- dunkerqque
- dunkerrque
- dunkeruqe
- dunkkerque
- dunkreque
- dunnkerque
- udnkerque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dunkerque - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.