desde
[ˈdɛs̬.ðe]
The verdict
“desde” is uncommon French (frequency #73,894 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,894
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Depuis, dès, à partir de.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [ˈdɛs̬.ðe] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #73,894 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desde” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
desde is uncommon French at frequency #73,894 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed [ˈdɛs̬.ðe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Depuis, dès, à partir de.".
No misspelling variants are generated for desde in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is desde, spelled D-E-S-D-E.
Definition
- 1Depuis, dès, à partir de.
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 “desde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-S-D-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.