Délos
\de.lɔs\
The verdict
“Délos” is uncommon French (frequency #62,223 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,223
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Île de Grèce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-delos · Délos · French
Délos · rank #62,223 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,223
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH délivrez
Nearest frequency peer: délivrez (-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 « Délos »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- délinquante
délinquante
37,780 corpus weight
- délivrez
délivrez
37,779 corpus weight
- Délos
Délos
37,778 corpus weight
- délégataire
délégataire
37,777 corpus weight
- démarrait
démarrait
37,776 corpus weight
- démarrée
démarrée
37,775 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Délos » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Délos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \de.lɔs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Délos » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Délos is uncommon French at frequency #62,223 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \de.lɔs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Île de Grèce.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Délos, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Délos, spelled D-É-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1Île de Grèce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Délos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parfois ce morceau de paysage amené ainsi jusqu’à aujourd’hui se détache si isolé de tout, qu’il flotte incertain dans ma pensée comme une Délos fleurie, sans que je puisse dire de quel pays, de quel temps – peut-être tout simplement de quel rêve – il vient.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).