dico

\di.ko\

/\di.ko\/ noun

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The verdict

“dico” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,913
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-dico · dico · French

dico · rank #28,913 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,913
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dictatures

Nearest frequency peer: dictatures (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dico »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dico » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

dico vs do
50% similar
dico vs dix
50% similar
dico vs duc
50% similar

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

Key facts for dico
PropertyValue
Headworddico
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.ko\
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,913
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dico »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dicose 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 « dictatures » (#28,914), « destinataires » (#28,911), « diluer » (#28,915). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dico » est au #28,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around dico (IPA \di.ko\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,913 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dictionnaire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dico, with forms such as "dcio", "ddico", and "dicco". 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, "do", "dix", "duc", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dico, spelled D-I-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dictionnaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne trouve pas ce mot dans le dico.
  2. — Après, dit Berbillat, j’ai eu un dictionnaire Larousse. Pas le petit, t’sais… Le gros… — Ça, dit Simon, ça m’aurait plu vachement. C’est chouette, un dico. Çui qu’on a à l’École il est rien moche, rien sale. Et c’est toujours la bagarre puisqu’on n’en a qu’un pour trois…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcio
  • ddico
  • dicco
  • dioc
  • idco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dico - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

dcio2ddico1dicco1dioc2idco2
Edit distance from "dico"

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 "dico"?
"dico" is spelled D-I-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ko\.
What does "dico" mean?
As a noun, "dico" means: Dictionnaire.
What words are commonly confused with "dico"?
"dico" is commonly confused with "do", "dix", "duc". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dico"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dico" is \di.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dico" come from?
"dico" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

dard#28,906docu#28,920fend#28,951buis#28,864

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

Glas5 variantshole5 variantsjuil5 variantskiwi5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list