dictionnaire

[dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ]

/[dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ]/ noun

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The verdict

“dictionnaire” is uncommon German (frequency #71,227 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,227
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-dictionnaire · dictionnaire · German

dictionnaire · rank #71,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,227
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dichtete

Nearest frequency peer: dichtete (-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 „dictionnaire“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dictionnaire
PropertyValue
Headworddictionnaire
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#71,227
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dictionnaire“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dichtete“ (#71,226), „denkwürdige“ (#71,225), „digest“ (#71,229). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dictionnaire“ bei #71,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dictionnaire is uncommon German at frequency #71,227 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for dictionnaire in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dictionnaire, spelled D-I-C-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wörterbuch
  2. 2
    Nachschlagewerk für verschiedene Wissensgebiete

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour le travail j’ai parfois besoin d’un dictionnaire «français - allemand«.
  2. Wikipédia est un dictionnaire universel multilingue.

Synonyms

lexique

This word in other languages

dictionary(English)

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 "dictionnaire"?
"dictionnaire" is spelled D-I-C-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ].
What does "dictionnaire" mean?
As a noun, "dictionnaire" means: Wörterbuch
How do you pronounce "dictionnaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dictionnaire" is [dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dictionnaire" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dogmatischen#71,238Durchmessern#71,248Eignungstest#71,256eingespielte#71,262

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list