Dehli

\de.li\

/\de.li\/ name

The verdict

“Dehli” is uncommon French (frequency #91,595 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,595
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de Delhi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dehli · Dehli · French

Dehli · rank #91,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,595
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH deere

Nearest frequency peer: deere (-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 « Dehli »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dehli
PropertyValue
HeadwordDehli
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\de.li\
Letters5
Frequency rank#91,595
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Dehli » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « deere » (#91,594), « Deaux » (#91,593), « Delli » (#91,597). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dehli » est au #91,595. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dehli is uncommon French at frequency #91,595 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \de.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de Delhi.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Dehli in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Dehli, spelled D-E-H-L-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de Delhi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. VISIAPOUR, (Géog. mod.) ou Visapour, ou Visapor, royaume des Indes, dans la presqu’ile de l’Inde en-deçà du Gange, sur la côte de Malabar. Ce royaume confine par le nord au royaume de Dehli, & aux autres états du Mogol, au joug duquel il est soumis. La capitale de ce royaume en porte le nom.
  2. Le plus important de tous fut celui qui s’éleva dans l’Hindoustan proprement dit, là même où le sanscrit était le plus florissant, et qui, lorsque cet idiome admirable cessa d’être employé comme langue parlée, le remplaça et mérita d’être appelé, par excellence, langue des Hindous ou hindoui. Il fut usité, dès le temps dont nous parlons, dans les royaumes…

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 "Dehli"?
"Dehli" is spelled D-E-H-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is \de.li\.
What does "Dehli" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dehli" means: Variante orthographique de Delhi.
How do you pronounce "Dehli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dehli" is \de.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dehli" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list