speedrun

\spid.ʁœn\

/\spid.ʁœn\/ noun

The verdict

“speedrun” is uncommon French (frequency #88,118 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,118
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratique qui consiste à terminer un jeu vidéo ou une partie de celui-ci le plus rapidement possible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-speedrun · speedrun · French

speedrun · rank #88,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,118
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stad

Nearest frequency peer: stad (+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 « speedrun »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for speedrun
PropertyValue
Headwordspeedrun
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\spid.ʁœn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#88,118
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « speedrun » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « stad » (#88,120), « souviendrons » (#88,115), « staliniennes » (#88,121). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « speedrun » est au #88,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

speedrun is uncommon French at frequency #88,118 among 6,032 “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

  1. 1
    Pratique 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "speedrun"?
"speedrun" is spelled S-P-E-E-D-R-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is \spid.ʁœn\.
What does "speedrun" mean?
As a noun, "speedrun" means: Pratique qui consiste à terminer un jeu vidéo ou une partie de celui-ci le plus rapidement possible.
How do you pronounce "speedrun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "speedrun" is \spid.ʁœn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "speedrun" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list