define
\dɪˈfaɪn\
The verdict
“define” is uncommon French (frequency #80,112 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,112
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Définir, fixer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-define · define · French
define · rank #80,112 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,112
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH DHCP
Nearest frequency peer: DHCP (+3 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 « define »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dansera
dansera
19,896 corpus weight
- datcha
datcha
19,895 corpus weight
- define
define
19,889 corpus weight
- DHCP
DHCP
19,886 corpus weight
- diffusons
diffusons
19,885 corpus weight
- diriges
diriges
19,883 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « define » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | define |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɪˈfaɪn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « define » en français
Rare enough to double-check
define is uncommon French at frequency #80,112 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \dɪˈfaɪn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for define in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is define, spelled D-E-F-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Définir, fixer.
- 2Établir, élaborer.
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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