denn
\dɛn\
The verdict
“denn” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Car.
Corpus desk
Index FR-denn · denn · French
denn · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | denn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \dɛn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « denn » en français
Rare enough to double-check
denn is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \dɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for denn in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 denn, spelled D-E-N-N.
Definition
- 1Car.
- 2Que.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how denn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich glaube ihr nicht, denn sie lügt oft.
Wer es tut, wird es kaum zugeben. Denn Popeln schickt sich nicht. Doch was spricht jenseits schlechter Manieren eigentlich dagegen, die Nase mit dem Finger von ihren Sekreten zu befreien?
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.