dadais
\da.dɛ\
The verdict
“dadais” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme niais, nigaud ou maladroit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dadais · dadais · French
dadais · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | dadais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.dɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dadais » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dadais is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.dɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Homme niais, nigaud ou maladroit.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dadais in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 dadais, spelled D-A-D-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Homme niais, nigaud ou maladroit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dadais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Décidément l'ami Baptiste est un gaillard heureux ! — fit maître Chapelle en riant et en frappant joyeusement sur l'épaule du dadais.
— Ce n’est pas avec ce grand dadais de valet de chambre que vous allez vous marier, au moins ? continua Sainte-Austreberthe.
This word in other languages
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.