dédit

\de.di\

/\de.di\/ noun

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The verdict

“dédit” is uncommon French (frequency #78,359 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,359
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Révocation d’une parole donnée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dedit · dédit · French

dédit · rank #78,359 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,359
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décontractés

Nearest frequency peer: décontractés (-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 « dédit »

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 « dédit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dédit
PropertyValue
Headworddédit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.di\
Letters5
Frequency rank#78,359
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dédit » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « décontractés » (#78,358), « déféquer » (#78,360), « déchristianisation » (#78,357). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dédit » est au #78,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dédit is uncommon French at frequency #78,359 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for dédit in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dédit, spelled D-É-D-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Révocation d’une parole donnée.
  2. 2
    Somme stipulée et due par celui qui ne remplit pas les termes d’une convention.
  3. 3
    Acte qui garantit cette stipulation, indemnité encourue par celui ou celle qui se dédira.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Allez, mademoiselle, en fait de mariage, une fille a son dit et son dédit.
  2. Mais songez au dédit, il faut surtout le mettre.

This word in other languages

Widerruf(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 "dédit"?
"dédit" is spelled D-É-D-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.di\.
What does "dédit" mean?
As a noun, "dédit" means: Révocation d’une parole donnée.
How do you pronounce "dédit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dédit" is \de.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dédit" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Druon#78,348doran#78,344darla#78,321dards#78,320

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list