duty

\ˈdju.ti\

/\ˈdju.ti\/ noun

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The verdict

“duty” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,990. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,990
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-duty · duty · French

duty · rank #20,990 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,990
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Duflot

Nearest frequency peer: Duflot (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « duty »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « duty » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

duty vs dy
50% similar
duty vs du
50% similar
duty vs dt
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for duty
PropertyValue
Headwordduty
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈdju.ti\
Letters4
Frequency rank#20,990
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « duty »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dutyse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Duflot » (#20,989), « dysfonctionnements » (#20,991), « douloureuses » (#20,987). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « duty » est au #20,990. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around duty (IPA \ˈdju.ti\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,990 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for duty, with forms such as "dduty", "dtuy", and "dutty". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dy", "du", "dt", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is duty, spelled D-U-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Devoir.
  2. 2
    Fonction.
  3. 3
    Droit de douane, taxe, impôt.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Call of Duty.
  2. She carefully executed the duties that go with the job.

Synonyms

accountabilityresponsibility

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dduty
  • dtuy
  • dutty
  • dutyy
  • duyt
  • udty

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duty - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

dduty1dtuy2dutty1dutyy1duyt2udty2
Edit distance from "duty"

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 "duty"?
"duty" is spelled D-U-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdju.ti\.
What does "duty" mean?
As a noun, "duty" means: Devoir.
What words are commonly confused with "duty"?
"duty" is commonly confused with "dy", "du", "dt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "duty"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "duty" is \ˈdju.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "duty" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

done#20,986clay#20,959chap#20,951buck#20,943

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

fidel6 variantsJoanna6 variantsLuigi6 variantsADSL6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list