DDT

\de de te\

/\de de te\/ noun

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The verdict

“DDT” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #47,826) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#47,826
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dichlorodiphényltrichloroéthane, insecticide de contact neurotoxique de la famille des organochlorés, dont le nom scientifique est 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophényl)-éthane.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ddt · DDT · French

DDT · rank #47,826 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,826
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH darwinisme

Nearest frequency peer: darwinisme (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « DDT »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « DDT » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

DDT vs de
0% similar
DDT vs du
0% similar
DDT vs dr
0% similar

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

Key facts for DDT
PropertyValue
HeadwordDDT
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de de te\
Letters3
Frequency rank#47,826
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « DDT »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.DDTse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « darwinisme » (#47,825), « devins » (#47,827), « DAF » (#47,824). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « DDT » est au #47,826. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for DDT is neighbouring look-alikes ("de", "du", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \de de te\. Frequency #47,826 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Dichlorodiphényltrichloroéthane, insecticide de contact neurotoxique de la famille des organochlorés, dont le nom scientifique est 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophényl)-éthane.".

Zero misspellings are on record for DDT in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "de", "du", "dr", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 DDT, spelled D-D-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dichlorodiphényltrichloroéthane, insecticide de contact neurotoxique de la famille des organochlorés, dont le nom scientifique est 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophényl)-éthane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On pourra donc traiter soit en pulvérisation, avec une émulsion de DDT dans l'huile minérale, à la dose de 1 %, soit en poudrage avec une poudre de DDT à 5 % seulement […].
  2. C'est le développement de l'industrie chimique de synthèse qui a permis à la phytopharmacie de faire un bond décisif. En 1938, le suisse Paul Muller, prix Nobel 1939, découvre les propriétés insecticides du dichloro-diphényltrichloroéthane ou DDT pourtant synthétisé depuis 1874 par l'autrichien Zeidler.

This word in other languages

DDT(English)DDT(Español)DDT(Deutsch)

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 "DDT"?
"DDT" is spelled D-D-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de de te\.
What does "DDT" mean?
As a noun, "DDT" means: Dichlorodiphényltrichloroéthane, insecticide de contact neurotoxique de la famille des organochlorés, dont le nom scientifique est 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophényl)-éthane.
What words are commonly confused with "DDT"?
"DDT" is commonly confused with "de", "du", "dr". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "DDT"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "DDT" is \de de te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "DDT" come from?
"DDT" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

DAF#47,824DPJ#47,843CNE#47,795elm#47,864

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list