dates

\dat\

/\dat\/ noun

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The verdict

“dates” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,603. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,603
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-dates · dates · French

dates · rank #3,603 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,603
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH correspondant

Nearest frequency peer: correspondant (-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 « dates »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dates » 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).

dates vs des
60% similar
dates vs dite
60% similar
dates vs dits
60% similar

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

Key facts for dates
PropertyValue
Headworddates
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dat\
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,603
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dates »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).datesse 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 « correspondant » (#3,602), « Design » (#3,604), « contenant » (#3,601). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dates » est au #3,603. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around dates (IPA \dat\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,603 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de date.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dates, with forms such as "adtes", "daets", and "datess". 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, "des", "dite", "dits", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dates, spelled D-A-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de date.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cette série de fêtes et de dates du début du mois de février s’intègre pleinement dans l’ensemble héortologique qu’étudia magistralement Claude Gaignebet dans son petit livre sur le Carnaval.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adtes
  • daets
  • datess
  • datse
  • ddates
  • dtaes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dates - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

adtes2daets2datess1datse2ddates1dtaes2
Edit distance from "dates"

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 "dates"?
"dates" is spelled D-A-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dat\.
What does "dates" mean?
As a noun, "dates" means: Pluriel de date.
What words are commonly confused with "dates"?
"dates" is commonly confused with "des", "dite", "dits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dates"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dates" is \dat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dates" come from?
"dates" 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 "dates", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

citer#3,596censé#3,595gorge#3,614magie#3,622

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

paire6 variantstaper6 variantsserez6 variantsannuel6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list