Diaw
The verdict
“Diaw” is uncommon French (frequency #54,525 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,525
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diaw · Diaw · French
Diaw · rank #54,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,525
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diapo
Nearest frequency peer: diapo (-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 « Diaw »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- deuils
deuils
45,479 corpus weight
- deviendrez
deviendrez
45,478 corpus weight
- diapo
diapo
45,477 corpus weight
- Diaw
Diaw
45,476 corpus weight
- dilue
dilue
45,475 corpus weight
- diminuées
diminuées
45,474 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Diaw » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Diaw |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #54,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Diaw » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Diaw is uncommon French at frequency #54,525 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Diaw in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Diaw, spelled D-I-A-W.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diaw appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors que Montpellier menait 4-2, en Ligue 1, face à Clermont, le match a été définitivement arrêté après un jet de pétard qui a explosé tout près du gardien clermontois, Mory Diaw, évacué sur civière.
Au siège de la Fédération française de basket (FFBB), Jean-Pierre Siutat, le président, Boris Diaw, le manageur de l’équipe de France, et Vincent Collet, le sélectionneur, ont évoqué, mardi, les causes qui ont amené au fiasco du dernier Mondial.
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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