datée

\da.te\

/\da.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“datée” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,946
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de dater.

Corpus desk

Index FR-datee · datée · French

datée · rank #11,946 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,946
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dante

Nearest frequency peer: Dante (-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 « datée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « datée » 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).

datée vs dee
40% similar
datée vs dite
60% similar
datée vs Dave
40% similar

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

Key facts for datée
PropertyValue
Headworddatée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\da.te\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,946
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « datée »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).datéese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Dante » (#11,945), « Denise » (#11,947), « crête » (#11,944). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « datée » est au #11,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around datée (IPA \da.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,946 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de dater.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for datée, with forms such as "adtée", "datee", and "dateé". 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, "dee", "dite", "Dave", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is datée, spelled D-A-T-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de dater.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette notice datée de 1939 aurait pu être écrite, en gros, pour n’importe quelle société boursière congolaise en voie de se "décongoliser", en 1960.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adtée
  • datee
  • dateé
  • dattée
  • daéte
  • ddatée
  • dtaée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

adtée2datee1dateé2dattée1daéte2ddatée1dtaée2
Edit distance from "datée"

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 "datée"?
"datée" is spelled D-A-T-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \da.te\.
What does "datée" mean?
As a verb, "datée" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de dater.
What words are commonly confused with "datée"?
"datée" is commonly confused with "dee", "dite", "Dave". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "datée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "datée" is \da.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "datée" come from?
"datée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Dante#11,945crête#11,944diras#11,948dires#11,949

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Dumas7 variantsclean7 variantsfarce7 variantshonda7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list