Delaplace

\də.la.plas\

/\də.la.plas\/ name

The verdict

“Delaplace” is uncommon French (frequency #85,625 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,625
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-delaplace · Delaplace · French

Delaplace · rank #85,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,625
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Demay

Nearest frequency peer: Demay (+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 « Delaplace »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Delaplace
PropertyValue
HeadwordDelaplace
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\də.la.plas\
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,625
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Delaplace » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Delaplacetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Demay » (#85,626), « Derval » (#85,630), « dauphines » (#85,619). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Delaplace » est au #85,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Delaplace is uncommon French at frequency #85,625 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \də.la.plas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Delaplace, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Delaplace, spelled D-E-L-A-P-L-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Anthony Delaplace (Arkéa-Samsic) prend la 5ᵉ place de l’étape et du général, tandis que Julien Simon (TotalEnergies) prend la 19ᵉ place de l’étape et la 18ᵉ au général.

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 "Delaplace"?
"Delaplace" is spelled D-E-L-A-P-L-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \də.la.plas\.
What does "Delaplace" mean?
As a proper noun, "Delaplace" means: Nom de famille.
How do you pronounce "Delaplace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Delaplace" is \də.la.plas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Delaplace" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list