darla

\ˈdar.la\

/\ˈdar.la\/ verb

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The verdict

“darla” is uncommon French (frequency #78,321 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,321
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Agglutination du verbe dare avec le pronom personnel féminin singulier la.

Key facts for darla
PropertyValue
Headworddarla
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈdar.la\
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,321
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “darla” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). darla lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

darla is uncommon French at frequency #78,321 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈdar.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Agglutination du verbe dare avec le pronom personnel féminin singulier la.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for darla, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is darla, spelled D-A-R-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Agglutination du verbe dare avec le pronom personnel féminin singulier la.

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 "darla"?
"darla" is spelled D-A-R-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdar.la\.
What does "darla" mean?
As a verb, "darla" means: Agglutination du verbe dare avec le pronom personnel féminin singulier la.
How do you pronounce "darla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "darla" is \ˈdar.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "darla" come from?
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Using “darla”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-A-R-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˈdar.la\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list