diététicien
\dje.te.ti.sjɛ̃\
The verdict
“diététicien” is uncommon French (frequency #88,537 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,537
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spécialiste dont le métier est d’équilibrer le régime ou la pratique alimentaire de ses patients.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dieteticien · diététicien · French
diététicien · rank #88,537 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,537
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH Diyarbakir
Nearest frequency peer: Diyarbakir (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “diététicien”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- divertis
divertis
11,467 corpus weight
- divo
divo
11,466 corpus weight
- Diyarbakir
Diyarbakir
11,465 corpus weight
- diététicien
diététicien
11,464 corpus weight
- doctrinaires
doctrinaires
11,462 corpus weight
- domineront
domineront
11,461 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “diététicien” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diététicien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dje.te.ti.sjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,537 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diététicien” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
diététicien is uncommon French at frequency #88,537 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dje.te.ti.sjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spécialiste dont le métier est d’équilibrer le régime ou la pratique alimentaire de ses patients.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for diététicien in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is diététicien, spelled D-I-É-T-É-T-I-C-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Spécialiste dont le métier est d’équilibrer le régime ou la pratique alimentaire de ses patients.
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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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.