diamètre

/\dja.mɛtʁ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,418

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

diamètre is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ligne droite qui va d’un point de la circonférence d’un cercle (ou d’une sphère) à un autre point en passant par le centre. Le diamètre représente deux fois le rayon. Pronounced \dja.mɛtʁ\. It ranks #4,418 in French word frequency. Often confused with diantre and diamètres.

Key facts for diamètre
PropertyValue
Headworddiamètre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dja.mɛtʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,418
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for diamètre is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dja.mɛtʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,418 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for diamètre, with forms such as "daimètre", "ddiamètre", and "diametre". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "diantre", "diamètres", "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 diamètre, spelled D-I-A-M-È-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ligne droite qui va d’un point de la circonférence d’un cercle (ou d’une sphère) à un autre point en passant par le centre. Le diamètre représente deux fois le rayon.
  2. 2
    Deux notions distinctes.
  3. 3
    Deux notions distinctes.
  4. 4
    Deux notions distinctes.
  5. 5
    Plus grande largeur ou grosseur d’une chose ronde, arrondie, elliptique, etc.
  6. 6
    Diamètre du tronc d’un arbre mesuré à hauteur de poitrine — souvent à 1.30 m du sol comme en France, parfois à 1.50 m.
  7. 7
    Classe de diamètre ; arbre appartenant à une classe de diamètre.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: daimètre,ddiamètre,diametre,diammètre,diamtère,diamèrte,diamèter,diamètrre,diamèttre,diaèmtre,dimaètre,idamètre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for diamètre

Misspelling Variants of "diamètre"

daimètre8ddiamètre9diametre8diammètre9diamtère8diamèrte8diamèter8diamètrre9
Misspelling Variants of "diamètre"

Frequency rank: #4,418 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "diamètre"?
"diamètre" is spelled D-I-A-M-È-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dja.mɛtʁ\.
What does "diamètre" mean?
As a noun, "diamètre" means: Ligne droite qui va d’un point de la circonférence d’un cercle (ou d’une sphère) à un autre point en passant par le centre. Le diamètre représente deux fois le rayon.
What words are commonly confused with "diamètre"?
"diamètre" is commonly confused with "diantre", "diamètres", "diabète". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diamètre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diamètre" is \dja.mɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diamètre" come from?
"diamètre" 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.