Durst

\dʊʁst\

/\dʊʁst\/ noun

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The verdict

“Durst” is uncommon French (frequency #92,649 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,649
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-durst · Durst · French

Durst · rank #92,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,649
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH duro

Nearest frequency peer: duro (-2 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 « Durst »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Durst » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Durst
PropertyValue
HeadwordDurst
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dʊʁst\
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,649
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Durst » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Dursttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « duro » (#92,647), « Dumitru » (#92,645), « débranchée » (#92,653). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Durst » est au #92,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Durst is uncommon French at frequency #92,649 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʊʁst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Soif.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Durst in our index, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Durst, spelled D-U-R-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Soif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mama, ich habe Durst!
  2. Der Gummibaum hat Durst. Seine braunen Blätter rollen sich vertrocknet ein, manche Zweige sind schon abgestorben, er verkörpert in seinem Plastiktopf den Inbegriff der Trostlosigkeit, sofern denn das Verb verkörpern bei einer Grünpflanze angebracht ist.

Synonyms

Trinkendrang

Antonyms

Hungersitt

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 "Durst"?
"Durst" is spelled D-U-R-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dʊʁst\.
What does "Durst" mean?
As a noun, "Durst" means: Soif.
How do you pronounce "Durst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Durst" is \dʊʁst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Durst" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Durst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

ducat#92,643drums#92,641domme#92,635eidos#92,686

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list