Duterte

name

The verdict

“Duterte” is uncommon French (frequency #71,444 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,444
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-duterte · Duterte · French

Duterte · rank #71,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,444
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH DVDs

Nearest frequency peer: DVDs (+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 « Duterte »

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 « Duterte » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Duterte
PropertyValue
HeadwordDuterte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Duterte » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Dutertetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « DVDs » (#71,445), « dynamiquement » (#71,446), « débarquées » (#71,447). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Duterte » est au #71,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Duterte is uncommon French at frequency #71,444 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Duterte in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Duterte, spelled D-U-T-E-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En mai, Rodrigo Duterte a été élu [président de la république des Philippines], puis, un mois après, il y a eu le Brexit.

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 "Duterte"?
"Duterte" is spelled D-U-T-E-R-T-E.
What does "Duterte" mean?
As a proper noun, "Duterte" means: Nom de famille.
What language does "Duterte" come from?
"Duterte" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list