Dave

name

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The verdict

“Dave” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,678. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,678
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dave · Dave · French

Dave · rank #7,678 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,678
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dangereuses

Nearest frequency peer: dangereuses (-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 « Dave »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Dave » 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).

Dave vs de
25% similar
Dave vs DV
25% similar
Dave vs due
25% similar

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

Key facts for Dave
PropertyValue
HeadwordDave
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,678
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Dave »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dangereuses » (#7,677), « diminué » (#7,679), « creuser » (#7,676). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dave » est au #7,678. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Dave, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,678 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dave, with forms such as "adve", "daev", and "davve". 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, "de", "DV", "due", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Dave, spelled D-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Deux des fondateurs, Neil Blumenthal et Dave Gilboa, sont devenus co-PDG.
  2. L’iconique leadeur des Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, a organisé un barbecue géant pour 450 sans-abri à la Hope Mission de Los Angeles.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adve
  • daev
  • davve
  • ddave
  • dvae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

adve2daev2davve1ddave1dvae2
Edit distance from "Dave"

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 "Dave"?
"Dave" is spelled D-A-V-E.
What does "Dave" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dave" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Dave"?
"Dave" is commonly confused with "de", "DV", "due". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Dave" come from?
"Dave" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

full#7,698Gary#7,700Gold#7,702jupe#7,720

Similar misspelling depth

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

oral5 variantspuce5 variantsados5 variantscoca5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list