DHCP
\de aʃ se pe\
The verdict
“DHCP” is uncommon French (frequency #80,115 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,115
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Protocole réseau dont le rôle est d’assurer la configuration automatique des paramètres TCP/IP d’une station, notamment en lui assignant automatiquement une adresse IP et un masque de sous-réseau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dhcp · DHCP · French
DHCP · rank #80,115 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,115
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diffusons
Nearest frequency peer: diffusons (+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 « DHCP »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- define
define
19,889 corpus weight
- DHCP
DHCP
19,886 corpus weight
- diffusons
diffusons
19,885 corpus weight
- diriges
diriges
19,883 corpus weight
- discordante
discordante
19,882 corpus weight
- disgracié
disgracié
19,881 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « DHCP » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | DHCP |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de aʃ se pe\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #80,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « DHCP » en français
Rare enough to double-check
DHCP is uncommon French at frequency #80,115 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de aʃ se pe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Protocole réseau dont le rôle est d’assurer la configuration automatique des paramètres TCP/IP d’une station, notamment en lui assignant automatiquement une adresse IP et un masque de sous-réseau.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for DHCP, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is DHCP, spelled D-H-C-P.
Definition
- 1Protocole réseau dont le rôle est d’assurer la configuration automatique des paramètres TCP/IP d’une station, notamment en lui assignant automatiquement une adresse IP et un masque de sous-réseau.
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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