dur du cornet

\dyʁ dy kɔʁ.nɛ\

/\dyʁ dy kɔʁ.nɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“dur du cornet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Un peu sourd, qui entend mal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dur-du-cornet · dur du cornet · French

dur du cornet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 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.

Key facts for dur du cornet
PropertyValue
Headworddur du cornet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dyʁ dy kɔʁ.nɛ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dur du cornet” sits in French frequency

dur du cornet falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dur du cornet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dyʁ dy kɔʁ.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un peu sourd, qui entend mal.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dur du cornet, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dur du cornet, spelled D-U-R- -D-U- -C-O-R-N-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un peu sourd, qui entend mal.

Synonyms

dur de la feuilledur d’oreillesourdsourdingue

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dur du cornet"?
"dur du cornet" is spelled D-U-R- -D-U- -C-O-R-N-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dyʁ dy kɔʁ.nɛ\.
What does "dur du cornet" mean?
As an adjective, "dur du cornet" means: Un peu sourd, qui entend mal.
How do you pronounce "dur du cornet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dur du cornet" is \dyʁ dy kɔʁ.nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dur du cornet" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list