diable
/diˈɑːbəl/
"diable" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“diable” is uncommon English (frequency #98,022 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,022
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An unglazed earthenware casserole dish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-diable · diable · English
diable · rank #98,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,022
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH diacetyl
Nearest frequency peer: diacetyl (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “diable”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Deveraux
Deveraux
1,982 corpus weight
- diable
diable
1,979 corpus weight
- diacetyl
diacetyl
1,978 corpus weight
- diaphanous
diaphanous
1,977 corpus weight
- diarrheal
diarrheal
1,976 corpus weight
- diclofenac
diclofenac
1,975 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “diable” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diable |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /diˈɑːbəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “diable” in English
Rare enough to double-check
diable is uncommon English at frequency #98,022 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /diˈɑːbəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An unglazed earthenware casserole dish.".
Zero misspellings are on record for diable in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French (à la) diable, from diable (“devil”), from Old French. Doublet of devil, diablo, and diabolus. The correct English form is diable, spelled D-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1An unglazed earthenware casserole dish.
Etymology
From French (à la) diable, from diable (“devil”), from Old French. Doublet of devil, diablo, and diabolus.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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