dil

Name: dil, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\dil\

/\dil\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“dil” is uncommon French (frequency #59,218 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,218
frequency rank, French: 5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue (organe).

Corpus desk

Index FR-dil · dil · French

dil · rank #59,218 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #59,218
LEN-MID 3 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,307
PHOTO-FINISH diktats

Nearest frequency peer: diktats (-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.

democratic

40,788
DesRochers

40,785
diktats

40,784
dil

40,783
docilité

40,781
Dombasle

40,779

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

Key facts for dil
Property	Value
Headword	dil
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\dil\
Letters	3
Frequency rank	#59,218
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dil » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).diltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#59,218

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « diktats » (#59,217), « DesRochers » (#59,216), « docilité » (#59,220). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dil » est au #59,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dil is uncommon French at frequency #59,218 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for dil in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dil, spelled D-I-L.

Definition

1
Langue (organe).
2
Langue (système d’expression).

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 "dil"?

"dil" is spelled D-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \dil\.

What does "dil" mean?

As a noun, "dil" means: Langue (organe).

How do you pronounce "dil"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dil" is \dil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "dil" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

DDR#59,212 DCE#59,211 dra#59,228 cpt#59,200