Danish
\ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ\
The verdict
“Danish” is uncommon French (frequency #86,598 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,598
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danois, relatif au Danemark.
Corpus desk
Index FR-danish · Danish · French
Danish · rank #86,598 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,598
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dann
Nearest frequency peer: dann (+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 « Danish »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cétone
cétone
13,406 corpus weight
- Córdoba
Córdoba
13,405 corpus weight
- Danish
Danish
13,403 corpus weight
- dann
dann
13,402 corpus weight
- darse
darse
13,401 corpus weight
- dealeurs
dealeurs
13,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Danish » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Danish |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Danish » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Danish is uncommon French at frequency #86,598 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Danish, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Danish, spelled D-A-N-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1Danois, relatif au Danemark.
- 2Danois, relatif à la langue danoise.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).