durian
\dy.ʁjɑ̃\
The verdict
“durian” is uncommon French (frequency #95,818 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,818
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arbre tropical de la famille des Malvaceae, qui se trouve en Asie du Sud-Est et qui produit des fruits comestibles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durian |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dy.ʁjɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,818 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “durian” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
durian is uncommon French at frequency #95,818 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dy.ʁjɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for durian, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is durian, spelled D-U-R-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Arbre tropical de la famille des Malvaceae, qui se trouve en Asie du Sud-Est et qui produit des fruits comestibles.
- 2Fruit de cet arbre, comme un gros ovoïde de 30 cm de longueur avec une carapace de grosses épines, connu pour son goût et son odeur très particulière.
This word in other languages
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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Using “durian”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-U-R-I-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dy.ʁjɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.