Durieux
\dy.ʁjø\
The verdict
“Durieux” is uncommon French (frequency #79,235 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,235
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-durieux · Durieux · French
Durieux · rank #79,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,235
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH durcies
Nearest frequency peer: durcies (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Durieux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dramaturgiq…
dramaturgique
20,770 corpus weight
- draperies
draperies
20,769 corpus weight
- durcies
durcies
20,767 corpus weight
- Durieux
Durieux
20,766 corpus weight
- dynastiques
dynastiques
20,764 corpus weight
- dysplasie
dysplasie
20,763 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Durieux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Durieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dy.ʁjø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Durieux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Durieux is uncommon French at frequency #79,235 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dy.ʁjø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Durieux has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Durieux, spelled D-U-R-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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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