dieser

\ˈdiːzɐ\

/\ˈdiːzɐ\/ adj

The verdict

“dieser” is uncommon French (frequency #98,966 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,966
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce, cet, cette (suivant le genre du mot en français).

Corpus desk

Index FR-dieser · dieser · French

dieser · rank #98,966 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,966
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diffa

Nearest frequency peer: diffa (+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 « dieser »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dieser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dieser
PropertyValue
Headworddieser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈdiːzɐ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,966
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dieser » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).diesertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « diffa » (#98,967), « dichotomique » (#98,964), « Dils » (#98,968). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dieser » est au #98,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dieser is uncommon French at frequency #98,966 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈdiːzɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

dieser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dieser, spelled D-I-E-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce, cet, cette (suivant le genre du mot en français).
  2. 2
    Ce, cet, cette, exprime un moment proche, soit dans le futur ou dans le passé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dieser Wein, diese Liebe, diese Frauen, dieses Leben — ganz nach meinem Geschmack.
  2. Wolken zogen rasch über den Himmel. Über den Himmel von Lanzarote, so stellte ich bald fest, ziehen unablässig Wolken nach Westen, ohne jemals aufzubrechen; auf dieser Insel regnet es praktisch nie.

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 "dieser"?
"dieser" is spelled D-I-E-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdiːzɐ\.
What does "dieser" mean?
As an adjective, "dieser" means: Ce, cet, cette (suivant le genre du mot en français).
How do you pronounce "dieser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dieser" is \ˈdiːzɐ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dieser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list