daba
\da.ba\
The verdict
“daba” is uncommon French (frequency #90,604 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,604
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument agricole similaire à la houe utilisé en Afrique de l’Ouest pour le labour, la préparation du sol, la récolte et le sarclage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-daba · daba · French
daba · rank #90,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,604
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH côtoyés
Nearest frequency peer: côtoyés (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « daba »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- câbler
câbler
9,402 corpus weight
- câblées
câblées
9,401 corpus weight
- cédèrent
cédèrent
9,400 corpus weight
- côtoyés
côtoyés
9,399 corpus weight
- daba
daba
9,397 corpus weight
- danko
danko
9,394 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « daba » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daba |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.ba\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « daba » en français
Rare enough to double-check
daba is uncommon French at frequency #90,604 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.ba\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument agricole similaire à la houe utilisé en Afrique de l’Ouest pour le labour, la préparation du sol, la récolte et le sarclage.".
Zero misspellings are on record for daba in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is daba, spelled D-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Instrument agricole similaire à la houe utilisé en Afrique de l’Ouest pour le labour, la préparation du sol, la récolte et le sarclage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how daba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je veux que ce mot soit daba, rythme, tam-tam Dans les régions où mon peuple est encor opprimé.
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.
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