dais

\dɛ\

/\dɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“dais” is uncommon French (frequency #50,757 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,757
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Table surélevée, estrade.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dais · dais · French

dais · rank #50,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,757
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH daron

Nearest frequency peer: daron (+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 « dais »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dais
PropertyValue
Headworddais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,757
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dais » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.daistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « daron » (#50,758), « curatelle » (#50,754), « delay » (#50,760). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dais » est au #50,757. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dais is uncommon French at frequency #50,757 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for dais in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dais, spelled D-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Table surélevée, estrade.
  2. 2
    Ouvrage de bois, de tenture, etc., fait dans l’ancienne forme des ciels de lit et que l’on met en hauteur, au-dessus d’un maitre-autel, d’une chaire à prêcher, d’un trône, de la place où siègent, dans les occasions solennelles, certains personnages éminents, etc.
  3. 3
    Poêle soutenu de deux ou de quatre petits montants, sous lequel les prêtres catholiques portent le Saint-Sacrement, surtout dans les processions.
  4. 4
    Chose qui couvre : toit, ciel, etc.
  5. 5
    Toit démontable que l’on met sur les voitures découvertes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La bonne femme s'assit sur les degrés du dais, aux pieds du jeune homme attentif et fixant sur elle un regard plein de bienveillance et de curiosité.
  2. On inaugurait le nouveau maire […] Nous, passâmes sous un dais tricolore ; le maire était avec toute sa famille sur un balcon ; nous le longeâmes.

Synonyms

baldaquincapotecielpoêle

This word in other languages

dais(English)dosel(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dais"?
"dais" is spelled D-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛ\.
What does "dais" mean?
As a noun, "dais" means: Table surélevée, estrade.
How do you pronounce "dais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dais" is \dɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dais" come from?
"dais" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cong#50,734Cléo#50,725Chir#50,718chia#50,717

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list