dak
\ˈdɐk\
The verdict
“dak” is uncommon French (frequency #81,038 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a determiner. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,038
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce (distal).
Corpus desk
Index FR-dak · dak · French
dak · rank #81,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,038
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Cédéao
Nearest frequency peer: Cédéao (-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 « dak »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Cyrulnik
Cyrulnik
18,966 corpus weight
- Czech
Czech
18,965 corpus weight
- Cédéao
Cédéao
18,964 corpus weight
- dak
dak
18,963 corpus weight
- daru
daru
18,962 corpus weight
- Decazeville
Decazeville
18,960 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dak » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dak |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Determiner |
| IPA | \ˈdɐk\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #81,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dak » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dak is uncommon French at frequency #81,038 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as adeterminer, transcribed \ˈdɐk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ce (distal).".
No misspelling variants are generated for dak in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dak, spelled D-A-K.
Definition
- 1Ce (distal).
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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