Dakar
\da.kaʁ\
The verdict
“Dakar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,371
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale du Sénégal située sur la presqu'île du Cap-Vert.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dakar · Dakar · French
Dakar · rank #8,371 · 7 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,371
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dauphin
Nearest frequency peer: dauphin (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Dakar”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- copier
copier
91,633 corpus weight
- cross
cross
91,632 corpus weight
- Dakar
Dakar
91,630 corpus weight
- dauphin
dauphin
91,629 corpus weight
- derby
derby
91,628 corpus weight
- dessinée
dessinée
91,627 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Dakar” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dakar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \da.kaʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Dakar” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Dakar (IPA \da.kaʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,371 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Capitale du Sénégal située sur la presqu'île du Cap-Vert.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dakar, with forms such as "adkar", "daakr", and "dakarr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "dar", "dana", "dear", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Dakar, spelled D-A-K-A-R.
Definition
- 1Capitale du Sénégal située sur la presqu'île du Cap-Vert.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Dakar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le ciel, clair au départ de Saint-Louis, devient brumeux vers Dakar. Nous apercevons dans un trou le feu de la pointe du Cap-Vert, à 4 heures.
Mermoz allait dans son bureau contempler la carte. Il faisait et refaisait les calculs. Oui, selon la direction et la force des vents, il mettrait de vingt à vingt-quatre heures pour aller de Dakar à Natal en avion.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adkar
- daakr
- dakarr
- dakkar
- dakra
- ddakar
- dkaar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dakar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Dakar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Dakar". Here's where to go from here.
- "Dakar" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "dar". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,371 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.