daronne

\da.ʁɔn\

/\da.ʁɔn\/ noun

The verdict

“daronne” is uncommon French (frequency #79,206 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,206
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-daronne · daronne · French

daronne · rank #79,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,206
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Danzig

Nearest frequency peer: Danzig (-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 « daronne »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for daronne
PropertyValue
Headworddaronne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\da.ʁɔn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,206
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « daronne » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Danzig » (#79,205), « daw » (#79,207), « dalmatiens » (#79,204). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « daronne » est au #79,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

daronne is uncommon French at frequency #79,206 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.ʁɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for daronne in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is daronne, spelled D-A-R-O-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mère.
  2. 2
    Patronne ou épouse du daron, patron.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le mec, c’était un petit nougat blanc tout bridé de la tronche avec une voix de vieille daronne, tout futé, menu, il portait aussi une robe de soie à ramages, et des babouches sur planchettes, enfin le véritable magot, sauf le chapeau mou…
  2. Ma daronne m'a avancé la thune pour le billet. Elle aurait fait portnawak pour que je taffe. Portnawak pour que j'arrête de glander à la téci.

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 "daronne"?
"daronne" is spelled D-A-R-O-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \da.ʁɔn\.
What does "daronne" mean?
As a noun, "daronne" means: Mère.
How do you pronounce "daronne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daronne" is \da.ʁɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "daronne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list