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Désirée

/dɛzəɹeɪ̯/noun

Désirée is spelled D-É-S-I-R-É-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Désirée means “A kind of red-skinned, yellow-fleshed potato originally bred in the Netherlands” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Désirée is Désirées.

How many letters and syllables are in Désirée?

Letters7: D-É-S-I-R-É-E
In writingabout once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Désirée?

Désirée appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Désirée?

  • US /dɛzəɹeɪ̯/
  • /dɛziəɹeɪ̯/
  • UK /dɛzəɹeɪ̯/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of Désirée

  • Désirées plural
  • Desiree
  • Desirée

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Désirée mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A kind of red-skinned, yellow-fleshed potato originally bred in the Netherlands.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does Désirée come from?

Borrowed from French Désirée (“desired”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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