DELF
\dɛlf\
The verdict
“DELF” is uncommon French (frequency #65,070 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,070
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diplôme d’études en langue française, diplôme officiel délivré par le ministère français de l’éducation nationale pour certifier les connaissances en français des adultes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-delf · DELF · French
DELF · rank #65,070 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,070
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dekker
Nearest frequency peer: Dekker (-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 « DELF »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Dekker
Dekker
34,932 corpus weight
- DELF
DELF
34,931 corpus weight
- DeLorean
DeLorean
34,930 corpus weight
- demanderas
demanderas
34,929 corpus weight
- derbys
derbys
34,928 corpus weight
- Desfontaines
Desfontaines
34,927 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « DELF » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | DELF |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɛlf\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « DELF » en français
Rare enough to double-check
DELF is uncommon French at frequency #65,070 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɛlf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diplôme d’études en langue française, diplôme officiel délivré par le ministère français de l’éducation nationale pour certifier les connaissances en français des adultes.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for DELF in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is DELF, spelled D-E-L-F.
Definition
- 1Diplôme d’études en langue française, diplôme officiel délivré par le ministère français de l’éducation nationale pour certifier les connaissances en français des adultes.
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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