dado
\ˈdɛɪ.dəʊ\
The verdict
“dado” is uncommon French (frequency #92,612 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,612
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bas d'un mur ayant une décoration (frise, lambris…) différente du haut, soubassement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dado · dado · French
dado · rank #92,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,612
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH Dakhla
Nearest frequency peer: Dakhla (+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 “dado”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Cyriaque
Cyriaque
7,393 corpus weight
- cérémoniel
cérémoniel
7,392 corpus weight
- dado
dado
7,389 corpus weight
- Dakhla
Dakhla
7,388 corpus weight
- DCL
DCL
7,387 corpus weight
- debrief
debrief
7,386 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dado” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dado |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈdɛɪ.dəʊ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #92,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dado” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dado is uncommon French at frequency #92,612 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈdɛɪ.dəʊ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for dado in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dado, spelled D-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Bas d'un mur ayant une décoration (frise, lambris…) différente du haut, soubassement.
- 2Dé d'un piédestal.
- 3Rainure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Like a dado round the room was the jutting line of splendid heavy game-heads, the best of their sort from every quarter of the world, with the rare white rhinoceros of the Lado Enclave drooping its supercilious lip above them all. La pièce était comme lambrissée de têtes de gibier, les plus belles qu’un chasseur eût pu rapporter de tous les pays du monde,…
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 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.