dicht
\dɪçt\
The verdict
“dicht” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Étanche, impénétrable à un fluide.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dicht |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɪçt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dicht” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dicht is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɪçt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for dicht in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dicht, spelled D-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Étanche, impénétrable à un fluide.
- 2Dense, épais, en parlant d’une quantité (dénombrable ou non) par unité de surface ou de volume, par exemple la densité d’une forêt, d’une chevelure.
- 3Dense, ayant une densité, une masse volumique élevée.
- 4Soûl ou défoncé : complètement ivre, drogué.
- 5Raisonnable, ayant toute sa raison, uniquement dans un contexte de doute ou de négation, dans les expressions noch ganz dicht (question) ou nicht (mehr) ganz dicht (négation).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dicht”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-C-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɪçt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.