daikon
The verdict
“daikon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Radis blanc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-daikon · daikon · French
daikon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daikon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « daikon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
daikon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Radis blanc.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for daikon in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is daikon, spelled D-A-I-K-O-N.
Definition
- 1Radis blanc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how daikon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le daikon est un radis géant parce qu’il est cultivé dans des terres volcaniques. On lui prête de nombreuses vertus. À mon âge, il m’est difficile de dormir. La soupe au daikon et au bouillon de poulet m’y aide, parfois.
Et ces énormes sommes d’argent, d’où proviennent-elles ? ajouta Ayumi avec suspicion. Ce n’est pas en produisant et en vendant des daikon ou des carottes qu’ils ont pu réunir un tel capital !
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.