Dupond
\dy.pɔ̃\
The verdict
“Dupond” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,233. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,233
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille fréquent en France.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dupond · Dupond · French
Dupond · rank #41,233 · 9 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,233
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dosages
Nearest frequency peer: dosages (-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 « Dupond »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dominical
dominical
58,771 corpus weight
- Donbass
Donbass
58,770 corpus weight
- dosages
dosages
58,769 corpus weight
- Dupond
Dupond
58,768 corpus weight
- dynamic
dynamic
58,766 corpus weight
- débité
débité
58,765 corpus weight
What this shows « Dupond » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dupond |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dy.pɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #41,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Dupond »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Dupond (IPA \dy.pɔ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,233 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille fréquent en France.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dupond, with forms such as "ddupond", "dpuond", and "duopnd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Dupont", "Durand", "Dupin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Dupond, spelled D-U-P-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille fréquent en France.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dupond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Monsieur Dupond, la la la la Monsieur Dupont, la la la la Une demoiselle si jolie aurait besoin de compagnie Monsieur Dupond, la la la la Monsieur Dupont, la la la la Je vous en prie, prenez mon bras et suivez-moi
À 16 ans, elle intègre le corps de ballet, à 25 ans, elle est première danseuse, à 27 ans, elle est nommée étoile par Patrick Dupond.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddupond
- dpuond
- duopnd
- dupnod
- dupodn
- dupondd
- duponnd
- duppond
- udpond
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dupond - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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