Diagne
\djaɲ\
The verdict
“Diagne” is uncommon French (frequency #52,003 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,003
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille d’origine wolof.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diagne · Diagne · French
Diagne · rank #52,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,003
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH devancée
Nearest frequency peer: devancée (-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 « Diagne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Denoël
Denoël
48,001 corpus weight
- deutéronome
deutéronome
48,000 corpus weight
- devancée
devancée
47,999 corpus weight
- Diagne
Diagne
47,998 corpus weight
- dictionary
dictionary
47,997 corpus weight
- Dimitrov
Dimitrov
47,996 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Diagne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Diagne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \djaɲ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Diagne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Diagne is uncommon French at frequency #52,003 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \djaɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille d’origine wolof.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Diagne, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Diagne, spelled D-I-A-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille d’origine wolof.
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.
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