daffy
\dæ.fi\
The verdict
“daffy” is uncommon French (frequency #89,585 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,585
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un peu fou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-daffy · daffy · French
daffy · rank #89,585 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,585
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH danke
Nearest frequency peer: danke (+2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « daffy »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cuiseur
cuiseur
10,420 corpus weight
- cumes
cumes
10,419 corpus weight
- daffy
daffy
10,416 corpus weight
- danke
danke
10,414 corpus weight
- Daoulas
Daoulas
10,413 corpus weight
- datar
datar
10,412 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « daffy » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daffy |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dæ.fi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,585 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « daffy » en français
Rare enough to double-check
daffy is uncommon French at frequency #89,585 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dæ.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un peu fou.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for daffy, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is daffy, spelled D-A-F-F-Y.
Definition
- 1Un peu fou.
Synonyms
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.
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