Delille
The verdict
“Delille” is uncommon French (frequency #98,953 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,953
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
| 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) |
Where “Delille” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Delille is uncommon French at frequency #98,953 among 404,891 “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.
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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Using “Delille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-L-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.