Dieppe
/diˈɛp/
"dieppe" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Dieppe” is uncommon English (frequency #63,560 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,560
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A coastal town in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dieppe |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /diˈɛp/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dieppe” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Dieppe is uncommon English at frequency #63,560 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /diˈɛp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Dieppe, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English Depe, from Middle French Diepe; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Dieppe. The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942. The correct English form is Dieppe, spelled D-I-E-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1A coastal town in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.
- 2A city in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Depe, from Middle French Diepe; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Dieppe. The city in New Brunswick was named in memory of the Canadian soldiers who fell during the Dieppe Raid in 1942.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Dieppe”
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- The one correct English spelling is D-I-E-P-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /diˈɛp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.