dabei
\da.ˈbaɪ̯\
The verdict
“dabei” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Près, tout près, à proximité, à côté, près de cela.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dabei · dabei · French
dabei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | dabei |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \da.ˈbaɪ̯\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dabei is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \da.ˈbaɪ̯\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dabei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ganz nahe dabei fließt ein Bach.
Ich war einmal dabei, Hans, als Emmenberger einen Eingriff ohne Narkose ausführte, und das war für mich wie eine Szene, die in der Hölle vorkommen könnte, wenn es eine gibt.
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.