Delfosse
\dɛl.fɔs\
The verdict
“Delfosse” is uncommon French (frequency #97,848 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,848
- 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-delfosse · Delfosse · French
Delfosse · rank #97,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,848
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dentelés
Nearest frequency peer: dentelés (+2 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 « Delfosse »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Dania
Dania
2,161 corpus weight
- dansk
dansk
2,159 corpus weight
- Delfosse
Delfosse
2,153 corpus weight
- dentelés
dentelés
2,151 corpus weight
- described
described
2,149 corpus weight
- dimensionner
dimensionner
2,146 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Delfosse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Delfosse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dɛl.fɔs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Delfosse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Delfosse is uncommon French at frequency #97,848 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dɛl.fɔs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Delfosse, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Delfosse, spelled D-E-L-F-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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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