daïri
\da.i.ʁi\
The verdict
“daïri” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souverain spirituel au Japon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dairi · daïri · French
daïri · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | daïri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.i.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « daïri » en français
Rare enough to double-check
daïri is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.i.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Souverain spirituel au Japon.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for daïri, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is daïri, spelled D-A-Ï-R-I.
Definition
- 1Souverain spirituel au Japon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how daïri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les daïris étaient des personnes sacrées, les descendants, les représentants des dieux.
Ces souverains, nommés daïris, étaient à la fois les rois, les pontifes de la nation.
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.