dalla
\da.la\
The verdict
“dalla” is uncommon French (frequency #56,532 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,532
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe daller.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dalla |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \da.la\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #56,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dalla” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dalla is uncommon French at frequency #56,532 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \da.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe daller.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dalla in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dalla, spelled D-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe daller.
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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Using “dalla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \da.la\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.