d
French, letter
d is spelled D (one letter) and appears 13,804 times per million words in written French, the 11th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). D is a French letter meaning “The fourth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, d' is a different word: “apocopic form of de: of”. With a capital, D is a different word: “abbreviation of dame (“queen”): Q”. On this page, dᵒ is a different word: “abbreviation of dito”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quatrième lettre de l’alphabet (minuscule)”.
What does d mean in English?
letter
- 1
The fourth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
preposition
- 1
apocopic form of de: of
- 2
informalapocopic form of de: of
letter
- 1
The fourth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
abbreviation of dame (“queen”): Q
adverb
- 1
abbreviation of dito
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
letter: 1. Quatrième lettre et troisième consonne de l’alphabet (majuscule).
noun: 1. Langage de programmation à objets.
noun: 1. Route départementale.
noun: 1. MDMA.
noun: 1. Dé, en particulier dans le domaine du jeu de rôle.
preposition: 1. Élision de la préposition de devant une voyelle ou un h muet. 2. Élision de la préposition de dans le langage parlé.
article: 1. Élision de l’article partitif de devant une voyelle ou un h muet.
article: 1. Élision de l’article indéfini de devant une voyelle ou un h muet.
letter: 1. Quatrième lettre de l’alphabet (minuscule).
noun: 1. Dé, en particulier dans le domaine du jeu de rôle.
pronoun: 1. Dom, titre honorifique que l’on joint aux noms propres des membres de certains ordres religieux, tels que les bénédictins et les trappistes.
noun: 1. Duc.
adverb: 1. Dito.
noun: 1. Dé de pourcentage.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of d
- D uppercase
- d lowercase
- Dsse. feminine
- Dᶜ
- dᵒ
- D%
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to d
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is d in French?
d appears 13,804 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).