DHA
\de.a.ʃ‿a\
The verdict
“DHA” is uncommon French (frequency #92,621 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,621
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation désignant un acide gras polyinsaturé oméga-3, l’acide docosahexaénoïque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dha · DHA · French
DHA · rank #92,621 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,621
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dilapide
Nearest frequency peer: dilapide (+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 « DHA »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Desdémone
Desdémone
7,383 corpus weight
- devotion
devotion
7,382 corpus weight
- DHA
DHA
7,380 corpus weight
- dilapide
dilapide
7,379 corpus weight
- diluvienne
diluvienne
7,378 corpus weight
- dimensionne…
dimensionnelles
7,377 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « DHA » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | DHA |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.a.ʃ‿a\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #92,621 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « DHA » en français
Rare enough to double-check
DHA is uncommon French at frequency #92,621 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.a.ʃ‿a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abréviation désignant un acide gras polyinsaturé oméga-3, l’acide docosahexaénoïque.".
DHA has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is DHA, spelled D-H-A.
Definition
- 1Abréviation désignant un acide gras polyinsaturé oméga-3, l’acide docosahexaénoïque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how DHA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cerveau est fait à 80 % de graisse et a pour principal constituant une sorte d’oméga-3, l’acide gras docosahexaénoïque (DHA). Le DHA contribue à un meilleur développement nerveux, réduit le risque de dépression et augmente l’intelligence des enfants et adolescents qui en consomment.
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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