dalleux
\da.lø\
The verdict
“dalleux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui a toujours faim.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dalleux · dalleux · French
dalleux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | dalleux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.lø\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dalleux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dalleux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.lø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
dalleux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dalleux, spelled D-A-L-L-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Personne qui a toujours faim.
- 2Personne, généralement en manque, qui ne pense qu’au sexe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dalleux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Stan, qu'est-ce qu'il a pu me gonfler avec son tajine ! Et Vince, et sa fixette sur un gros poulet-frites. Moi, toutes ces années, je suis resté québlo sur le grec. Youssouf se marre à me regarder bouffer comme un dalleux.
Moi j'aime les trucs francs, t'es une dalleuse t'es une dalleuse, assume, t'as faim de mecs c'est comme ça.
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.