dying
\ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ\
The verdict
“dying” is uncommon French (frequency #60,716 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,716
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de die.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dying · dying · French
dying · rank #60,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,716
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH duster
Nearest frequency peer: duster (-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 « dying »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dormit
dormit
39,289 corpus weight
- ducoup
ducoup
39,288 corpus weight
- durcie
durcie
39,287 corpus weight
- duster
duster
39,286 corpus weight
- dying
dying
39,285 corpus weight
- décentralis…
décentraliser
39,282 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dying » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dying |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dying » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dying is uncommon French at frequency #60,716 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de die.".
dying has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dying, spelled D-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de die.
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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