Daphnis
\da.fnis\
The verdict
“Daphnis” is uncommon French (frequency #67,424 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,424
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Berger et poète pastoral de la mythologie grecque, fils d’Hermès et d’une nymphe sicilienne, frère de Pan, et descendant des Titans.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Daphnis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \da.fnis\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Daphnis” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Daphnis is uncommon French at frequency #67,424 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \da.fnis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Daphnis has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Daphnis, spelled D-A-P-H-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Berger et poète pastoral de la mythologie grecque, fils d’Hermès et d’une nymphe sicilienne, frère de Pan, et descendant des Titans.
- 2Daphnis et Chloé : Pastorale de Longus (IVᵉ siècle av. J.-C.).
- 3Daphnis et Chloé : Suite chorégraphique de Maurice Ravel^([*]) (1912).
- 4Satellite naturel de la planète Saturne.
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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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Using “Daphnis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-P-H-N-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \da.fnis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.