diffa
\di.fa\
The verdict
“diffa” is uncommon French (frequency #98,967 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,967
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans les pays du Maghreb, réception faite à des hôtes et marquée par un grand repas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diffa · diffa · French
diffa · rank #98,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,967
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dieser
Nearest frequency peer: dieser (-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 « diffa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dialoguiste
dialoguiste
1,038 corpus weight
- dichotomique
dichotomique
1,037 corpus weight
- dieser
dieser
1,035 corpus weight
- diffa
diffa
1,034 corpus weight
- Dils
Dils
1,033 corpus weight
- dinka
dinka
1,032 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « diffa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diffa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.fa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #98,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diffa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
diffa is uncommon French at frequency #98,967 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.fa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans les pays du Maghreb, réception faite à des hôtes et marquée par un grand repas.".
Zero misspellings are on record for diffa in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is diffa, spelled D-I-F-F-A.
Definition
- 1Dans les pays du Maghreb, réception faite à des hôtes et marquée par un grand repas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diffa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous vous êtes annoncé chez nous comme un simple pèlerin, et nous vous avons offert la diffa.
Ce fut pour la tribu l’occasion de diffas et de fantasias interminables. Toute la nuit, les tambourins, les flûtes de roseau retentirent.
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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