davet

\da.ˈveːt\

/\da.ˈveːt\/ prep

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The verdict

“davet” is uncommon French (frequency #73,884 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,884
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vers, pour aller trouver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-davet · davet · French

davet · rank #73,884 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,884
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Davina

Nearest frequency peer: Davina (+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 « davet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « davet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for davet
PropertyValue
Headworddavet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
IPA\da.ˈveːt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,884
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « davet » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.davettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Davina » (#73,885), « Damiette » (#73,882), « damer » (#73,881). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « davet » est au #73,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

davet is uncommon French at frequency #73,884 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed \da.ˈveːt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vers, pour aller trouver.".

davet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is davet, spelled D-A-V-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vers, pour aller trouver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] Nij ar goulm davet he cʼhlud.
  2. Dont a reas a-benn, hep dale, da sachañ daveti unan eus daouarn an hini marv, e zorn kleiz.

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 "davet"?
"davet" is spelled D-A-V-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \da.ˈveːt\.
What does "davet" mean?
As a preposition, "davet" means: Vers, pour aller trouver.
How do you pronounce "davet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "davet" is \da.ˈveːt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "davet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

damer#73,881desde#73,894crado#73,864dread#73,908

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list