dabe
\dab\
The verdict
“dabe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre forme de dab qui désigne aussi le père, la mère, le maître, le patron…
Corpus desk
Index FR-dabe · dabe · French
dabe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dabe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dab\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “dabe” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
dabe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dab\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre forme de dab qui désigne aussi le père, la mère, le maître, le patron…".
No misspelling variants are generated for dabe in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dabe, spelled D-A-B-E.
Definition
- 1Autre forme de dab qui désigne aussi le père, la mère, le maître, le patron…
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dabe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ses sœurs elles restaient à Aubervilliers chez son vieux. Son dabe, il relevait les compteurs pour tous les gaz de la région…
Et blanchi sous le harnais, hein. Trente ans de fausse monnaie et pas un accroc. Un mec légendaire quoi. Les gens de sa partie l’appellent le Dabe et enlèvent leur chapeau rien qu’en entendant son blaze. Une épée, quoi !
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.