dahu
\da.y\
The verdict
“dahu” is uncommon French (frequency #98,944 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,944
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Animal imaginaire, proche du bouquetin, qui aurait les pattes d'un côté plus courtes que celles de l'autre côté, et serait ainsi condamné, sur une pente montagneuse, à se déplacer toujours dans le ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dahu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.y\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #98,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dahu” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dahu is uncommon French at frequency #98,944 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.y\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dahu has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dahu, spelled D-A-H-U.
Definition
- 1Animal imaginaire, proche du bouquetin, qui aurait les pattes d'un côté plus courtes que celles de l'autre côté, et serait ainsi condamné, sur une pente montagneuse, à se déplacer toujours dans le même sens.
- 2Meuble représentant l’animal imaginaire du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté rampant, la tête présentée de face. Il n’y a toutefois pas de règle stricte du fait de son usage limité dans les armoiries. On peut cependant lui associer les règles de blasonnement des chèvres en ce qui concerne ses attributs.
This word in other languages
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 “dahu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-H-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \da.y\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.