DCA
\de.se.a\
The verdict
“DCA” is uncommon French (frequency #59,932 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,932
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sigle de la défense anti-aérienne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dca · DCA · French
DCA · rank #59,932 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,932
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH DCRI
Nearest frequency peer: DCRI (+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 « DCA »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cyborgs
cyborgs
40,073 corpus weight
- Dacca
Dacca
40,072 corpus weight
- DCA
DCA
40,069 corpus weight
- DCRI
DCRI
40,068 corpus weight
- debit
debit
40,067 corpus weight
- dede
dede
40,066 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « DCA » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | DCA |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.se.a\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #59,932 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « DCA » en français
Rare enough to double-check
DCA is uncommon French at frequency #59,932 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.se.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
DCA has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is DCA, spelled D-C-A.
Definition
- 1Sigle de la défense anti-aérienne.
- 2Abréviation de division cellulaire asymétrique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how DCA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La DCA allemande ouvre le feu avec une furie invraisemblable.
Pendant notre parachutage, deux chasseurs sont descendus par la DCA, un Bearcat et un Hellcat de l’Aéronavale.
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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