Dahomey
\da.o.mɛ\
The verdict
“Dahomey” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,094. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,094
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancien royaume fon d’Afrique de l’Ouest, situé dans le Sud du Bénin actuel, entre le XVIIᵉ siècle et la fin du XIXᵉ siècle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dahomey |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \da.o.mɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #46,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dahomey” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Dahomey (IPA \da.o.mɛ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #46,094 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dahomey, with forms such as "adhomey", "dahhomey", and "dahmoey". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Dahomey, spelled D-A-H-O-M-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Ancien royaume fon d’Afrique de l’Ouest, situé dans le Sud du Bénin actuel, entre le XVIIᵉ siècle et la fin du XIXᵉ siècle.
- 2Ancien nom de la colonie française du Bénin, colonie française de 1894 à 1958.
- 3Ancien nom du Bénin, État associé de la France de 1958 à 1960 et État indépendant à partir de 1960 avant d’être renommé « Bénin » en 1975 en raison de son association avec le groupe ethnique majoritaire Fon.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adhomey
- dahhomey
- dahmoey
- dahoemy
- dahomeyy
- dahommey
- dahomye
- daohmey
- ddahomey
- dhaomey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dahomey - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Dahomey”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-H-O-M-E-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \da.o.mɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.