dict
The verdict
“dict” is uncommon French (frequency #64,372 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,372
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Orthographe utilisée par archaïsme pour dit, faisant allusion à la littérature du Moyen Âge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dict · dict · French
dict · rank #64,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,372
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH desséchée
Nearest frequency peer: desséchée (-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 « dict »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Delga
Delga
35,633 corpus weight
- denture
denture
35,631 corpus weight
- desséchée
desséchée
35,630 corpus weight
- dict
dict
35,629 corpus weight
- diluées
diluées
35,628 corpus weight
- discerne
discerne
35,627 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dict » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dict |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dict » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dict is uncommon French at frequency #64,372 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Orthographe utilisée par archaïsme pour dit, faisant allusion à la littérature du Moyen Âge.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dict, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dict, spelled D-I-C-T.
Definition
- 1Orthographe utilisée par archaïsme pour dit, faisant allusion à la littérature du Moyen Âge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dict appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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Le Dict de la rose à la paix
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).