daller

\da.le\

/\da.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“daller” is uncommon French (frequency #72,235 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,235
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvrir ou paver de dalles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-daller · daller · French

daller · rank #72,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,235
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dalian

Nearest frequency peer: Dalian (-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 « daller »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « daller » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for daller
PropertyValue
Headworddaller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\da.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,235
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « daller » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dallertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Dalian » (#72,234), « damner » (#72,236), « Daigle » (#72,233). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « daller » est au #72,235. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

daller is uncommon French at frequency #72,235 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \da.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Couvrir ou paver de dalles.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for daller, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is daller, spelled D-A-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couvrir ou paver de dalles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Daller une plate-forme, un vestibule.
  2. À l’intérieur de l’hôtel, se trouvait une cour carrée, entourée d’arcades, une réduction de la place Royale, dallée d’énormes pavés.

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 "daller"?
"daller" is spelled D-A-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \da.le\.
What does "daller" mean?
As a verb, "daller" means: Couvrir ou paver de dalles.
How do you pronounce "daller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daller" is \da.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "daller" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dalian#72,234damner#72,236Daigle#72,233Deanna#72,238

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list