Dupuy

\dy.pɥi\

/\dy.pɥi\/ name

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The verdict

“Dupuy” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,698
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-dupuy · Dupuy · French

Dupuy · rank #26,698 · 7 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,698
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH door

Nearest frequency peer: door (-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 « Dupuy »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Dupuy » 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).

Dupuy vs duty
40% similar
Dupuy vs dupe
40% similar
Dupuy vs dupes
40% similar

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

Key facts for Dupuy
PropertyValue
HeadwordDupuy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dy.pɥi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,698
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Dupuy »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Dupuyse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « door » (#26,697), « décidées » (#26,699), « disette » (#26,696). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dupuy » est au #26,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Dupuy (IPA \dy.pɥi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,698 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dupuy, with forms such as "ddupuy", "dpuuy", and "duppuy". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "duty", "dupe", "dupes", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Dupuy, spelled D-U-P-U-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Paul Dupuy était un amateur d’art éclairé, curieux de tout.
  2. L’assemblée générale du Club athlétique chamboulivois (CAC) s’est dernièrement tenue au stade Louis Tereygeol en présence de Noël Martinie, président, de l’entraîneur Fabrice Mourguy, et de Pascal Dupuy, représentant le Groupement entente du barreau - école de foot intercommunale.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddupuy
  • dpuuy
  • duppuy
  • dupuyy
  • dupyu
  • duupy
  • udpuy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dupuy - 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.

ddupuy1dpuuy2duppuy1dupuyy1dupyu2duupy2udpuy2
Edit distance from "Dupuy"

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 "Dupuy"?
"Dupuy" is spelled D-U-P-U-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \dy.pɥi\.
What does "Dupuy" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dupuy" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Dupuy"?
"Dupuy" is commonly confused with "duty", "dupe", "dupes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dupuy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dupuy" is \dy.pɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dupuy" come from?
"Dupuy" 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 "Dupuy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

darcy#26,688enfui#26,717enjoy#26,718chief#26,667

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

fouine7 variantsGavin7 variantsidylle7 variantsberge7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list