dalle

\dal\

/\dal\/ noun

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The verdict

“dalle” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,947) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#6,947
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie de compte dont on se servait dans plusieurs villes d’Allemagne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dalle · dalle · French

dalle · rank #6,947 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,947
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH cœurs

Nearest frequency peer: cœurs (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « dalle »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « dalle » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dalle vs Date
40% similar
dalle vs dame
60% similar
dalle vs Dave
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dalle
PropertyValue
Headworddalle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dal\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,947
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « dalle »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dallese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cœurs » (#6,946), « discute » (#6,948), « creux » (#6,945). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dalle » est au #6,947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for dalle is neighbouring look-alikes ("Date", "dame", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \dal\. Frequency #6,947 among 5,307 “D” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for dalle, with forms such as "adlle", "dalel", and "ddalle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Date", "dame", "Dave", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dalle, spelled D-A-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monnaie de compte dont on se servait dans plusieurs villes d’Allemagne.
  2. 2
    Monnaie de compte dont on se servait dans plusieurs villes d’Allemagne.
  3. 3
    De l’argent. → voir que dalle
  4. 4
    Utilisé uniquement dans que dalle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Noms des pièces d’argent : écu ou dalle.
  2. Le dalle germanique (argent), vaut 5 francs, 75 centimes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adlle
  • dalel
  • ddalle
  • dlale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dalle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

adlle2dalel2ddalle1dlale2
Edit distance from "dalle"

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 "dalle"?
"dalle" is spelled D-A-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dal\.
What does "dalle" mean?
As a noun, "dalle" means: Monnaie de compte dont on se servait dans plusieurs villes d’Allemagne.
What words are commonly confused with "dalle"?
"dalle" is commonly confused with "Date", "dame", "Dave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dalle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dalle" is \dal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dalle" come from?
"dalle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cœurs#6,946creux#6,945Coran#6,943amont#6,923

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list