diablesse

\djɑ.blɛs\

/\djɑ.blɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“diablesse” is uncommon French (frequency #73,897 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,897
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Démone, diable femelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diablesse · diablesse · French

diablesse · rank #73,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,897
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH deviendrons

Nearest frequency peer: deviendrons (-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 « diablesse »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « diablesse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for diablesse
PropertyValue
Headworddiablesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\djɑ.blɛs\
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,897
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « diablesse » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.diablessetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « deviendrons » (#73,896), « diatomées » (#73,898), « discréditée » (#73,899). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diablesse » est au #73,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

diablesse is uncommon French at frequency #73,897 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \djɑ.blɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for diablesse, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is diablesse, spelled D-I-A-B-L-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Démone, diable femelle.
  2. 2
    Femme méchante et acariâtre.
  3. 3
    Fille ou femme turbulente, espiègle ou malicieuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how diablesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À mort ! à mort ! la diablesse ! et vive la vieille Angleterre !
  2. Tu en répondras à notre seigneur, alors, vieille diablesse, dit l’homme en se retirant.

Synonyms

diablette

This word in other languages

she-devil(English)diabla(Español)

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 "diablesse"?
"diablesse" is spelled D-I-A-B-L-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \djɑ.blɛs\.
What does "diablesse" mean?
As a noun, "diablesse" means: Démone, diable femelle.
How do you pronounce "diablesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diablesse" is \djɑ.blɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diablesse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "diablesse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

diatomées#73,898débilités#73,913découlait#73,917dédommage#73,919

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list