diacre

\djakʁ\

/\djakʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“diacre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,540
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui, dans l’Église catholique romaine, l’Église catholique-chrétienne ou dans l’Église copte, est promu au premier des ordres sacrés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diacre · diacre · French

diacre · rank #22,540 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,540
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH descendus

Nearest frequency peer: descendus (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « diacre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « diacre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

diacre vs dire
67% similar
diacre vs dice
67% similar
diacre vs diane
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for diacre
PropertyValue
Headworddiacre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\djakʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,540
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diacre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).diacrese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « descendus » (#22,539), « discréditer » (#22,541), « Dmitri » (#22,542). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diacre » est au #22,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around diacre (IPA \djakʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,540 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for diacre, with forms such as "daicre", "ddiacre", and "diaccre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "dire", "dice", "diane", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is diacre, spelled D-I-A-C-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui, dans l’Église catholique romaine, l’Église catholique-chrétienne ou dans l’Église copte, est promu au premier des ordres sacrés.
  2. 2
    Celui qui, dans le culte protestant, est chargé de recueillir et de distribuer les aumônes.
  3. 3
    Il s’est dit, aux premiers temps de l’église, des Chrétiens choisis, au nombre de sept, par l’assemblée des fidèles, avec la consécration des apôtres, pour vaquer à la distribution des aumônes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La célébration concélébrée devant deux cents personnes a été assurée par le père Élias-Patrick Leroy copte au sanctuaire de Montpeyroux (Hérault) et avec le père Charles Niqueux de l’institut catholique de Notre-Dame de Vie à Venasque (Vaucluse), assistés de trois diacres.
  2. Les plus humbles clercs, tels que nos diacres et sacristains, bénissent avec les goupillons, qui simulent un nombre indéfini de doigts bénissants.

Synonyms

diaconessediaconisse

This word in other languages

deacon(English)diácono(Español)Diakon(Deutsch)diácono(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • daicre
  • ddiacre
  • diaccre
  • diacer
  • diacrre
  • diarce
  • dicare
  • idacre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diacre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

daicre2ddiacre1diaccre1diacer2diacrre1diarce2dicare2idacre2
Edit distance from "diacre"

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 "diacre"?
"diacre" is spelled D-I-A-C-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \djakʁ\.
What does "diacre" mean?
As a noun, "diacre" means: Celui qui, dans l’Église catholique romaine, l’Église catholique-chrétienne ou dans l’Église copte, est promu au premier des ordres sacrés.
What words are commonly confused with "diacre"?
"diacre" is commonly confused with "dire", "dice", "diane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diacre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diacre" is \djakʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diacre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dmitri#22,542dorées#22,543cougar#22,532ermite#22,557

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Clint8 variantscessera8 variantscadette8 variantsheroes8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list