dann

\dan\

/\dan\/ adv

The verdict

“dann” is uncommon French (frequency #86,599 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,599
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Adverbe conjonctif) (adverbe de lieu) Puis, ensuite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dann · dann · French

dann · rank #86,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,599
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Danish

Nearest frequency peer: Danish (-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 « dann »

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 « dann » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dann
PropertyValue
Headworddann
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\dan\
Letters4
Frequency rank#86,599
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dann » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Danish » (#86,598), « darse » (#86,600), « Córdoba » (#86,596). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dann » est au #86,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dann is uncommon French at frequency #86,599 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \dan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dann, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dann, spelled D-A-N-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Adverbe conjonctif) (adverbe de lieu) Puis, ensuite.
  2. 2
    (adverbe de temps) Alors, dans ce cas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich ziehe mich erst an, dann frühstücke ich.
  2. Und was ist dann?

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "dann"?
"dann" is spelled D-A-N-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dan\.
What does "dann" mean?
As an adverb, "dann" means: (Adverbe conjonctif) (adverbe de lieu) Puis, ensuite.
How do you pronounce "dann"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dann" is \dan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dann" come from?
"dann" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list