D
The verdict
“D” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11) as a symbol. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #11
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Symbole du préfixe déca-, signifiant 10¹, d est désormais d'usage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-d · D · French
D · rank #11 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #11
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH des
Nearest frequency peer: des (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “D”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Est
Est
99,993 corpus weight
- en
en
99,992 corpus weight
- des
des
99,991 corpus weight
- D
D
99,990 corpus weight
- un
un
99,989 corpus weight
- que
que
99,988 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “D” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | D |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Symbol |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “D” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for D is neighbouring look-alikes ("de", "du", …), not just typos; it is asymbol. Frequency #11 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Symbole du préfixe déca-, signifiant 10¹, d est désormais d'usage.".
Zero misspellings are on record for D in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "de", "du", "dr", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is D, spelled D.
Definition
- 1Symbole du préfixe déca-, signifiant 10¹, d est désormais d'usage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how D appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour les multiples : Des prépositifs … Déca. (D) Hecto. (h) Kilo. (k) Myria. (M)
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.