diadème

/\dja.dɛm\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,714

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

diadème is aFrenchnoun. It 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. Pronounced \dja.dɛm\. Often confused with dixième and diabète.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for diadème is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dja.dɛm\. Corpus data places it at rank #40,714 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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.

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 diadème, spelled D-I-A-D-È-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: daidème,ddiadème,diaddème,diademe,diadmèe,diadèem,diadèmme,diaèdme,didaème,idadème

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for diadème

Misspelling Variants of "diadème"

daidème7ddiadème8diaddème8diademe7diadmèe7diadèem7diadèmme8diaèdme7
Misspelling Variants of "diadème"

Frequency rank: #40,714 in French

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?
"diadème" 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.