datura
\da.ty.ʁa\
The verdict
“datura” is uncommon French (frequency #77,409 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,409
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Solanacée dont une espèce, la datura stramoine (Datura stramonium, ou pomme épineuse) est narcotique et vénéneuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-datura · datura · French
datura · rank #77,409 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,409
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH DDD
Nearest frequency peer: DDD (+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 « datura »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Daniella
Daniella
22,595 corpus weight
- dansons
dansons
22,594 corpus weight
- datura
datura
22,592 corpus weight
- DDD
DDD
22,591 corpus weight
- deadly
deadly
22,590 corpus weight
- deeds
deeds
22,589 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « datura » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | datura |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \da.ty.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,409 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « datura » en français
Rare enough to double-check
datura is uncommon French at frequency #77,409 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \da.ty.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Solanacée dont une espèce, la datura stramoine (Datura stramonium, ou pomme épineuse) est narcotique et vénéneuse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for datura, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is datura, spelled D-A-T-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1Solanacée dont une espèce, la datura stramoine (Datura stramonium, ou pomme épineuse) est narcotique et vénéneuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how datura appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le pays n’avait pas changé. Il était toujours fertile et riche en amaryllis, violettes arborescentes, fluschies, daturas et cactus à fleurs d’or.
Je ne vous parlerai donc des cigarettes de datura dont le papier aurait été trempé dans une solution titrée d’arséniate de soude, que pour vous les déconseiller.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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