darse

\daʁs\

/\daʁs\/ noun

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The verdict

“darse” is uncommon French (frequency #86,600 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,600
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie intérieure des ports de la Méditerranée, où il n’y a pas de marée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-darse · darse · French

darse · rank #86,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,600
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dann

Nearest frequency peer: dann (-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 « darse »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for darse
PropertyValue
Headworddarse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\daʁs\
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,600
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « darse » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).darsetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « dann » (#86,599), « Danish » (#86,598), « dealeurs » (#86,602). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « darse » est au #86,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

darse is uncommon French at frequency #86,600 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \daʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for darse, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is darse, spelled D-A-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie intérieure des ports de la Méditerranée, où il n’y a pas de marée.
  2. 2
    Bassin rectangulaire destiné principalement à l’accostage des cargos.
  3. 3
    Structure de quai permettant à un élévateur à bateaux de se placer au-dessus d’une embarcation pour la sortir de l’eau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On voit encore une darse à moitié comblée qui pourrait bien avoir été l’Aphrodise.
  2. Ou, peut-être, n’était-il pas trop mécontent de pouvoir aller vivre à Toulon, traîner sur la darse, acagnarder sa passion de vieillard dans un coin de décor maritime, auprès de la « poule » dont parlait Victor ?

This word in other languages

wet dock(English)dársena(Español)Dock(Deutsch)

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 "darse"?
"darse" is spelled D-A-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \daʁs\.
What does "darse" mean?
As a noun, "darse" means: Partie intérieure des ports de la Méditerranée, où il n’y a pas de marée.
How do you pronounce "darse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "darse" is \daʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "darse" come from?
"darse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dolor#86,622doron#86,624dunst#86,631durga#86,632

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list