speedrun
\spid.ʁœn\
The verdict
“speedrun” is uncommon French (frequency #88,118 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,118
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pratique qui consiste à terminer un jeu vidéo ou une partie de celui-ci le plus rapidement possible.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | speedrun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \spid.ʁœn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #88,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “speedrun” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
speedrun is uncommon French at frequency #88,118 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \spid.ʁœn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pratique qui consiste à terminer un jeu vidéo ou une partie de celui-ci le plus rapidement possible.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for speedrun, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is speedrun, spelled S-P-E-E-D-R-U-N.
Definition
- 1Pratique qui consiste à terminer un jeu vidéo ou une partie de celui-ci le plus rapidement possible.
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); 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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Using “speedrun”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-P-E-E-D-R-U-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \spid.ʁœn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.