daigner
\de.ɲe\
The verdict
“daigner” is uncommon French (frequency #87,516 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,516
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condescendre à ; bien vouloir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-daigner · daigner · French
daigner · rank #87,516 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,516
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dactylographie
Nearest frequency peer: dactylographie (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « daigner »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cybercrimin…
cybercriminels
12,488 corpus weight
- céphalique
céphalique
12,487 corpus weight
- dactylograp…
dactylographie
12,486 corpus weight
- daigner
daigner
12,485 corpus weight
- dain
dain
12,484 corpus weight
- Damascène
Damascène
12,483 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « daigner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daigner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « daigner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
daigner is uncommon French at frequency #87,516 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ɲe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Condescendre à ; bien vouloir.".
daigner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is daigner, spelled D-A-I-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Condescendre à ; bien vouloir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how daigner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils ne daignent pas protester contre une réputation exagérée peut-être, mais qu'en tout cas les événements dont on va lire le récit ne contribueront guère à démentir.
Alors que le romancier, riche de son don d’ubiquité, peut se dédoubler en autant de personnages que son humeur daigne susciter au fil des pages, le poète reste fixé à la finitude de son expérience, à la racine de son cri.
Synonyms
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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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