durissime
\dy.ʁi.sim\
The verdict
“durissime” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très dur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-durissime · durissime · French
durissime · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durissime |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dy.ʁi.sim\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « durissime » en français
Rare enough to double-check
durissime is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dy.ʁi.sim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très dur.".
durissime doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is durissime, spelled D-U-R-I-S-S-I-M-E.
Definition
- 1Très dur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how durissime appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette volaille est durissime.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.