Delmotte

\dɛl.mɔt\

/\dɛl.mɔt\/ name

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The verdict

“Delmotte” is uncommon French (frequency #87,525 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,525
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-delmotte · Delmotte · French

Delmotte · rank #87,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,525
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Deandre

Nearest frequency peer: Deandre (-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 « Delmotte »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Delmotte
PropertyValue
HeadwordDelmotte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\dɛl.mɔt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,525
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Delmotte » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Delmottetombe 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: « Deandre » (#87,524), « derviche » (#87,526), « Dhaka » (#87,528). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Delmotte » est au #87,525. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Delmotte is uncommon French at frequency #87,525 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dɛl.mɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Delmotte, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 Delmotte, spelled D-E-L-M-O-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À noter, dans cette épreuve, la très belle performance de Nicolas Delmotte, qui, en selle sur Ilex VP, termine septième, juste derrière le Suisse Steve Guerdat, ex-numéro 1 mondial.

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 "Delmotte"?
"Delmotte" is spelled D-E-L-M-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛl.mɔt\.
What does "Delmotte" mean?
As a proper noun, "Delmotte" means: Nom de famille
How do you pronounce "Delmotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Delmotte" is \dɛl.mɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Delmotte" come from?
"Delmotte" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

derviche#87,526Dinklage#87,530danaïdes#87,519cumulait#87,508

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list