dabei
\da.ˈbaɪ̯\
The verdict
“dabei” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Près, tout près, à proximité, à côté, près de cela.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dabei |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \da.ˈbaɪ̯\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dabei” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dabei is 5 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \da.ˈbaɪ̯\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for dabei in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dabei, spelled D-A-B-E-I.
Definition
- 1Près, tout près, à proximité, à côté, près de cela.
- 2Avec, avec moi, sur moi.
- 3(Conjonctif) Pourtant, alors que. (Pour cet emploi dit démonstratif l'accent est toujours mis sur la première syllabe) \ˈdaː.baɪ̯\.
- 4En le faisant.
- 5dabei sein, etwas zu tun': Être en train de faire quelque chose.
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.
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Using “dabei”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-B-E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \da.ˈbaɪ̯\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.