dare

\daʁ\

/\daʁ\/ intj

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The verdict

“dare” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,436
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À la hâte, en hâte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dare · dare · French

dare · rank #31,436 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,436
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dansait

Nearest frequency peer: dansait (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dare »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dare » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dare vs de
50% similar
dare vs dr
50% similar
dare vs dur
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dare
PropertyValue
Headworddare
LanguageFrench
Part of speechInterjection
IPA\daʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,436
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dare »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.darese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dansait » (#31,435), « Debbie » (#31,437), « Damian » (#31,434). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dare » est au #31,436. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around dare (IPA \daʁ\), aninterjection. Corpus frequency is #31,436 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "À la hâte, en hâte.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dare, with forms such as "adre", "daer", and "darre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "de", "dr", "dur", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dare, spelled D-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    À la hâte, en hâte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dare, dare, dare, voilà un homme qui vient en cabriolet, comme si le diable l'emportait.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adre
  • daer
  • darre
  • ddare
  • drae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dare - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

adre2daer2darre1ddare1drae2
Edit distance from "dare"

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 "dare"?
"dare" is spelled D-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \daʁ\.
What does "dare" mean?
As an interjection, "dare" means: À la hâte, en hâte.
What words are commonly confused with "dare"?
"dare" is commonly confused with "de", "dr", "dur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dare"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dare" is \daʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dare" come from?
"dare" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Cros#31,428croc#31,426cors#31,423dock#31,449

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Elon5 variantscassie5 variantsgemma5 variantshihi5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list