diadème

\dja.dɛm\

/\dja.dɛm\/ noun

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The verdict

“diadème” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,714
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de bandeau qui était la marque de la royauté chez les Anciens et dont les rois et les reines se ceignaient le front.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diademe · diadème · French

diadème · rank #40,714 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,714
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH didactiques

Nearest frequency peer: didactiques (+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 « diadème »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « diadème » 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).

diadème vs dixième
71% similar
diadème vs diabète
71% similar

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

Key facts for diadème
PropertyValue
Headworddiadème
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dja.dɛm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,714
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diadème »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).diadèmese 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 « didactiques » (#40,715), « demandèrent » (#40,712), « dociles » (#40,716). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diadème » est au #40,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around diadème (IPA \dja.dɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,714 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for diadème, with forms such as "daidème", "ddiadème", and "diaddème". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dixième", "diabète", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is diadème, spelled D-I-A-D-È-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de bandeau qui était la marque de la royauté chez les Anciens et dont les rois et les reines se ceignaient le front.
  2. 2
    Il se dit souvent, en parlant de la royauté même, dans certaines phrases figurées du style élevé ou poétique.
  3. 3
    Parure féminine qui se place sur la tête et qui a la forme du bandeau royal.
  4. 4
    Nom commun d'un genre de papillons diurnes, originaire des régions chaudes.
  5. 5
    Meuble représentant le bijou du même nom dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de couronne, couronne comtale, couronne de laurier, couronne d’épines, couronne de reine, couronne fleuronnée, couronne murale, couronne navale, couronne royale, cancerlin, crancelin, crantzelin et tiare.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Porter un diadème.
  2. Ceindre sa tête, son front d’un diadème.

This word in other languages

diadem(English)diadema(Español)Stirnband(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • daidème
  • ddiadème
  • diaddème
  • diademe
  • diadmèe
  • diadèem
  • diadèmme
  • diaèdme
  • didaème
  • idadème

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diadème - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

daidème2ddiadème1diaddème1diademe1diadmèe2diadèem2diadèmme1diaèdme2
Edit distance from "diadème"

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 "diadème"?
"diadème" is spelled D-I-A-D-È-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dja.dɛm\.
What does "diadème" mean?
As a noun, "diadème" means: Sorte de bandeau qui était la marque de la royauté chez les Anciens et dont les rois et les reines se ceignaient le front.
What words are commonly confused with "diadème"?
"diadème" is commonly confused with "dixième", "diabète". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diadème"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diadème" is \dja.dɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diadème" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dociles#40,716Delphes#40,711cyclope#40,705croûtes#40,702

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

dénigre10 variantscordial10 variantsentasser10 variantsconcave10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list