daikon

noun

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.

Key facts for daikon
PropertyValue
Headworddaikon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « daikon » en français

daikonsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Radis blanc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how daikon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "daikon"?
"daikon" is spelled D-A-I-K-O-N.
What does "daikon" mean?
As a noun, "daikon" means: Radis blanc.
What language does "daikon" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list