dede
The verdict
“dede” is uncommon French (frequency #59,935 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,935
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jusqu’à.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dede · dede · French
dede · rank #59,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,935
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH debit
Nearest frequency peer: debit (-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 « dede »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- DCA
DCA
40,069 corpus weight
- DCRI
DCRI
40,068 corpus weight
- debit
debit
40,067 corpus weight
- dede
dede
40,066 corpus weight
- densifier
densifier
40,064 corpus weight
- denton
denton
40,063 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dede » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dede |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dede » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dede is uncommon French at frequency #59,935 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jusqu’à.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dede, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dede, spelled D-E-D-E.
Definition
- 1Jusqu’à.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dede appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
ɔ dafi dede hinman
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).