dahan

noun

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The verdict

“dahan” is uncommon French (frequency #50,154 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,154
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Branche, partie ramifiée et aérienne d'un arbre depuis le tronc.

Key facts for dahan
PropertyValue
Headworddahan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#50,154
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dahan” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dahan lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dahan is uncommon French at frequency #50,154 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dahan, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 dahan, spelled D-A-H-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Branche, partie ramifiée et aérienne d'un arbre depuis le tronc.
  2. 2
    Rameau.

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 "dahan"?
"dahan" is spelled D-A-H-A-N.
What does "dahan" mean?
As a noun, "dahan" means: Branche, partie ramifiée et aérienne d'un arbre depuis le tronc.
What language does "dahan" come from?
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Using “dahan”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-A-H-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list