dard
\dɑʁ\
The verdict
“dard” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #28,906 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,906
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ancienne arme de trait garnie par le bout d’une pointe de fer et qu’on lançait avec la main.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɑʁ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #28,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dard” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dard is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɑʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,906 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dard, with forms such as "adrd", "dadr", and "dardd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dr", "DD", "dur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dard, spelled D-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Ancienne arme de trait garnie par le bout d’une pointe de fer et qu’on lançait avec la main.
- 2Fléchette, au jeu du même nom.
- 3La partie essentielle de l’aiguillon de certains insectes.
- 4Se dit de la langue pointue des serpents, etc.
- 5Ornement en forme de fer de dard qui sépare les oves.
- 6Pistil.
- 7Petit rameau avec un bourgeon pointu.
- 8Espèce de carpe, ainsi nommée parce qu’elle s’élance avec beaucoup de vitesse : on l’appelle aussi vaudoise ou vandoise.
- 9Membre viril, notamment en érection.
- 10En forme de dard, en parlant de feuilles ou d’objets.
- 11Meuble représentant l’arme du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté comme la flèche mais sans empennage. Parfois on ne voit que son fer. À rapprocher de épieu, javelot, lance, lance de tournoi et pique.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adrd,dadr,dardd,darrd,ddard,drad
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dard - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “dard”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɑʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dr” - see the side-by-side comparison. dard vs dr
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.