D12

\de duz\

/\de duz\/ noun

The verdict

“D12” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
3
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dé à douze faces, très souvent en forme de dodécaèdre régulier, utilisé dans un jeu de rôle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-d12 · D12 · French

D12 · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for D12
PropertyValue
HeadwordD12
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de duz\
Letters3
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « D12 » en français

D12reste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

D12 is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de duz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dé à douze faces, très souvent en forme de dodécaèdre régulier, utilisé dans un jeu de rôle.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for D12, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is D12, spelled D-1-2.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dé à douze faces, très souvent en forme de dodécaèdre régulier, utilisé dans un jeu de rôle.

Synonyms

dé à douze facescochonnet

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "D12"?
"D12" is spelled D-1-2. The IPA pronunciation is \de duz\.
What does "D12" mean?
As a noun, "D12" means: Dé à douze faces, très souvent en forme de dodécaèdre régulier, utilisé dans un jeu de rôle.
How do you pronounce "D12"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "D12" is \de duz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "D12" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list