dague

\daɡ\

/\daɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“dague” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,913
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de long poignard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dague · dague · French

dague · rank #31,913 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,913
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH côtier

Nearest frequency peer: côtier (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dague »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dague » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dague vs due
60% similar
dague vs Date
40% similar
dague vs dame
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dague
PropertyValue
Headworddague
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\daɡ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#31,913
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dague »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).daguese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « côtier » (#31,912), « Dali » (#31,914), « célébrées » (#31,911). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dague » est au #31,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around dague (IPA \daɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,913 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dague, with forms such as "adgue", "dageu", and "daggue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "due", "Date", "dame", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 dague, spelled D-A-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espèce de long poignard.
  2. 2
    Petite corne pointue que le cerf porte à sa seconde année, où il est encore sans andouillers et sans chevillures.
  3. 3
    Défenses du sanglier.
  4. 4
    Lame de fer garnie d’un manche qui sert, dans la reliure, à ratisser les peaux de veau.
  5. 5
    Bout de cordage avec lequel on frappait les matelots condamnés au fouet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dague appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Aod se fit faire une dague à deux tranchants, qui avait une garde de la longueur de la paume de la main.
  2. Je la vis [Cléopâtre] l’autre jour aiguiser une dague.

This word in other languages

dagger(English)daga(Español)Dolch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adgue
  • dageu
  • daggue
  • dauge
  • ddague
  • dgaue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dague - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

adgue2dageu2daggue1dauge2ddague1dgaue2
Edit distance from "dague"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dague"?
"dague" is spelled D-A-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \daɡ\.
What does "dague" mean?
As a noun, "dague" means: Espèce de long poignard.
What words are commonly confused with "dague"?
"dague" is commonly confused with "due", "Date", "dame". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dague"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dague" is \daɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dague" come from?
"dague" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dague", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Farah#31,957brome#31,864bossu#31,855gaver#31,972

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

coteau6 variantsfroc6 variantsGIGN6 variantsgouin6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list