diam

\djam\

/\djam\/ noun

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The verdict

“diam” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #41,221) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#41,221
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diamant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diam · diam · French

diam · rank #41,221 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,221
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH DGSI

Nearest frequency peer: DGSI (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « diam »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « diam » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

diam vs dm
50% similar
diam vs dix
50% similar
diam vs die
50% similar

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

Key facts for diam
PropertyValue
Headworddiam
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\djam\
Letters4
Frequency rank#41,221
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « diam »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.diamse 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 « DGSI » (#41,220), « designs » (#41,219), « dive » (#41,223). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diam » est au #41,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for diam is neighbouring look-alikes ("dm", "dix", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \djam\. Frequency #41,221 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Diamant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for diam, with forms such as "ddiam", "diamm", and "dima". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dm", "dix", "die", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is diam, spelled D-I-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diamant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est alors qu'mon indic s'amène là haut et présente pour quarante billets de diams appartenant au bijoutier. On fait venir l'dit bijoutier. Il r'connaît ses diamants.
  2. J’étais rencardé sur un boulot plutôt pépère Trois kilos de diams de la perlouse et puis du jonc C’est pas si souvent que l’on dégote une bonne affaire Ce soir entre tous fallait pas faire les cornichons

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiam
  • diamm
  • dima
  • idam

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diam - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddiam1diamm1dima2idam2
Edit distance from "diam"

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 "diam"?
"diam" is spelled D-I-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \djam\.
What does "diam" mean?
As a noun, "diam" means: Diamant.
What words are commonly confused with "diam"?
"diam" is commonly confused with "dm", "dix", "die". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diam"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diam" is \djam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diam" come from?
"diam" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

DGSI#41,220dive#41,223doll#41,229Edwy#41,260

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list