Delille
The verdict
“Delille” is uncommon French (frequency #98,953 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,953
- 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-delille · Delille · French
Delille · rank #98,953 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,953
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Delcroix
Nearest frequency peer: Delcroix (-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 « Delille »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dapper
dapper
1,056 corpus weight
- darons
darons
1,054 corpus weight
- Delcroix
Delcroix
1,049 corpus weight
- Delille
Delille
1,048 corpus weight
- descendrai
descendrai
1,043 corpus weight
- desperados
desperados
1,042 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Delille » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Delille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Delille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Delille is uncommon French at frequency #98,953 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Delille in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Delille, spelled D-E-L-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Delille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Consultez le Journal de la Librairie, et vous y verrez des poèmes sur le tour, sur le jeu de dames, sur le trictrac, sur la géographie, sur la typographie, la comédie, etc. ; sans compter les chefs-d’œuvre tant prônés par Delille sur la pitié, l’imagination, la conversation ; et ceux de Berchoux sur la gastronomie, la dansomanie, etc.
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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