duopole
\dɥɔ.pɔl\
The verdict
“duopole” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marché qui ne se compose plus que de deux entreprises en mesure d’assurer l’approvisionnement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-duopole · duopole · French
duopole · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duopole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɥɔ.pɔl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
duopole is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɥɔ.pɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for duopole, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is duopole, spelled D-U-O-P-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Marché qui ne se compose plus que de deux entreprises en mesure d’assurer l’approvisionnement.
- 2Situation dans laquelle l’offre sur le marché politique est caractérisée par la domination de deux acteurs principaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how duopole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans une situation de duopole, deux producteurs indépendants approvisionnent le marché et cherchent à maximiser leurs profits.
Après plus de quatre ans de cohabitation et à neuf mois du premier tour de l’élection présidentielle, nos deux coprinces dominent en effet toujours le paysage politique, mais forment néanmoins un tandem fatigué, un duopole harassé. Situation triplement originale : c’est la première fois qu’à l’issue d’une cohabitation, les deux acteurs principaux restent…
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.