Daus
\daʊ̯s\
The verdict
“Daus” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carte à jouer, la plus forte du jeu de cartes allemand qui correspond à l'as du jeu de cartes français.
Corpus desk
Index FR-daus · Daus · French
Daus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Daus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \daʊ̯s\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Daus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Daus is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \daʊ̯s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Daus has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Daus, spelled D-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1Carte à jouer, la plus forte du jeu de cartes allemand qui correspond à l'as du jeu de cartes français.
- 2Double as dans un lancer de dés.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.