Derval
\dɛʁ.val\
The verdict
“Derval” is uncommon French (frequency #85,630 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,630
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Loire-Atlantique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-derval · Derval · French
Derval · rank #85,630 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,630
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dessaisi
Nearest frequency peer: dessaisi (+2 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 « Derval »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Delaplace
Delaplace
14,376 corpus weight
- Demay
Demay
14,375 corpus weight
- Derval
Derval
14,371 corpus weight
- dessaisi
dessaisi
14,369 corpus weight
- dessinera
dessinera
14,368 corpus weight
- deutsches
deutsches
14,367 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Derval » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Derval |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dɛʁ.val\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,630 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Derval » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Derval is uncommon French at frequency #85,630 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \dɛʁ.val\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de la Loire-Atlantique.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Derval, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Derval, spelled D-E-R-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Loire-Atlantique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Derval appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lorsqu’on quitte le petit bourg de Derval, dans la Loire-Inférieure, pour venir vers Rennes, on descend une côte assez rapide qui porte le nom du Tertre rouge. Au versant de cette côte, à droite, est un petit village appelé la Robinais.
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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