día

\ˈdi.a\

/\ˈdi.a\/ noun

The verdict

“día” is an uncommon French word, ranked #85,681 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#85,681
frequency rank, French
3
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jour, journée.

Key facts for día
PropertyValue
Headworddía
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈdi.a\
Letters3
Frequency rank#85,681
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “día” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). día lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for día is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈdi.a\. Corpus data places it at rank #85,681 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Jour, journée.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for día in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 día, spelled D-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jour, journée.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "día"?
"día" is spelled D-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdi.a\.
What does "día" mean?
As a noun, "día" means: Jour, journée.
How do you pronounce "día"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "día" is \ˈdi.a\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "día" come from?
"día" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “día”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˈdi.a\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list