dattier
\da.tje\
The verdict
“dattier” is uncommon French (frequency #89,590 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,590
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de palmier cultivé de la famille des arécacées (et de la sous-famille des Coryphoideae), connu plus exactement sous le nom de palmier-dattier, à feuilles pennées, et dont les pieds femelles ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dattier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.tje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dattier” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dattier is uncommon French at frequency #89,590 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for dattier in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dattier, spelled D-A-T-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Espèce de palmier cultivé de la famille des arécacées (et de la sous-famille des Coryphoideae), connu plus exactement sous le nom de palmier-dattier, à feuilles pennées, et dont les pieds femelles portent des fruits pulpeux et sucrés, que l’on nomme dattes (Phoenix dactylifera L., 1753).
- 2Genre de palmiers de la famille des arécacées (sous-famille des Coryphoideae) comprenant une douzaine d'espèces fruitières ou ornementales indigènes ou introduites sous les latitudes tropicales et subtropicales tant de l'Ancien que du Nouveau Monde, et dont les espèces les plus connues sont le palmier-dattier (Phoenix dactylifera), le dattier des Canaries (P. canariensis) et le dattier du Mékong (P. roebelenii) (genre Phoenix).
- 3Nom générique donné à une espèce d'arbre sans parenté étroite avec les vrais dattiers, qui sont des monocotylédones (genre Phoenix), et appartenant à la famille des zygophyllacées, le dattier du désert (Balanites aegyptiaca).
- 4Nom de certaines variétés de raisins de table à grains ovoïdes.
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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.
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Using “dattier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-A-T-T-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \da.tje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.