dad
\dæd\
The verdict
“dad” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,491) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #34,491
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Papa.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dad · dad · French
dad · rank #34,491 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,491
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH céréale
Nearest frequency peer: céréale (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dad”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cubique
cubique
65,513 corpus weight
- céleri
céleri
65,512 corpus weight
- céréale
céréale
65,511 corpus weight
- dad
dad
65,510 corpus weight
- damnation
damnation
65,509 corpus weight
- Daoud
Daoud
65,508 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dad” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dad |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dæd\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #34,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dad” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for dad is neighbouring look-alikes ("de", "du", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \dæd\. Frequency #34,491 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Papa.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dad, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "de", "du", "dr", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dad, spelled D-A-D.
Definition
- 1Papa.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dad", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.