dauphin

[do.fɛ̃]

/[do.fɛ̃]/ noun

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The verdict

“dauphin” is uncommon German (frequency #66,114 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,114
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine von verschiedenen Arten der Zahnwale, genauer aus den Familien der Delfine und Flussdelfine

Corpus desk

Index DE-dauphin · dauphin · German

dauphin · rank #66,114 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,114
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dargebracht

Nearest frequency peer: dargebracht (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dauphin“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dauphin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dauphin
PropertyValue
Headworddauphin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[do.fɛ̃]
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,114
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dauphin“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).dauphinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dargebracht“ (#66,113), „darbieten“ (#66,112), „Debütroman“ (#66,116). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dauphin“ bei #66,114. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dauphin is uncommon German at frequency #66,114 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [do.fɛ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dauphin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is dauphin, spelled D-A-U-P-H-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine von verschiedenen Arten der Zahnwale, genauer aus den Familien der Delfine und Flussdelfine
  2. 2
    Prinz

This word in other languages

delfín(Español)prince(Français)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dauphin"?
"dauphin" is spelled D-A-U-P-H-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [do.fɛ̃].
What does "dauphin" mean?
As a noun, "dauphin" means: eine von verschiedenen Arten der Zahnwale, genauer aus den Familien der Delfine und Flussdelfine
How do you pronounce "dauphin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dauphin" is [do.fɛ̃]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dauphin" come from?
"dauphin" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Cupcake#66,103downing#66,129civitas#66,094Büschel#66,087

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list