Dalit
\da.lit\
The verdict
“Dalit” 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) - Variante orthographique de dalit (intouchable, en Inde).
Corpus desk
Index FR-dalit · Dalit · French
Dalit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Dalit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.lit\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Dalit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Dalit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.lit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de dalit (intouchable, en Inde).".
Dalit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Dalit, spelled D-A-L-I-T.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de dalit (intouchable, en Inde).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Dalit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Partout, les Dalits sont assignés aux tâches les plus ingrates.
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.