Dieu
\djø\
The verdict
“Dieu” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #334 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #334
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être suprême et tout-puissant, créateur de l’univers, de l’existence, dans les cultes monothéistes.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dieu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \djø\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #334 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dieu” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Dieu is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \djø\. Corpus data places it at rank #334 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Être suprême et tout-puissant, créateur de l’univers, de l’existence, dans les cultes monothéistes.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dieu, with forms such as "ddieu", "deiu", and "diue". 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, "du", "dix", "due", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Dieu, spelled D-I-E-U.
Definition
- 1Être suprême et tout-puissant, créateur de l’univers, de l’existence, dans les cultes monothéistes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddieu,deiu,diue,ideu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dieu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Dieu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-E-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \djø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “du” - see the side-by-side comparison. Dieu vs du
- 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.