diacre

/\djakʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,540

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

diacre is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celui qui, dans l’Église catholique romaine, l’Église catholique-chrétienne ou dans l’Église copte, est promu au premier des ordres sacrés. Pronounced \djakʁ\. Often confused with dire and dice.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of diacre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for diacre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \djakʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #22,540 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is diacre, spelled D-I-A-C-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: daicre,ddiacre,diaccre,diacer,diacrre,diarce,dicare,idacre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for diacre

Misspelling Variants of "diacre"

daicre6ddiacre7diaccre7diacer6diacrre7diarce6dicare6idacre6
Misspelling Variants of "diacre"

Frequency rank: #22,540 in French

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?
"diacre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.