diligent
\di.li.ʒɑ̃\
The verdict
“diligent” is uncommon French (frequency #69,750 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,750
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est prompt dans l’exécution d’une chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diligent · diligent · French
diligent · rank #69,750 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,750
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH digèrent
Nearest frequency peer: digèrent (-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 « diligent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- descripteur
descripteur
30,255 corpus weight
- descripteurs
descripteurs
30,254 corpus weight
- digèrent
digèrent
30,252 corpus weight
- diligent
diligent
30,251 corpus weight
- discordance
discordance
30,249 corpus weight
- diseases
diseases
30,248 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « diligent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diligent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.li.ʒɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diligent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
diligent is uncommon French at frequency #69,750 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \di.li.ʒɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for diligent in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is diligent, spelled D-I-L-I-G-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est prompt dans l’exécution d’une chose.
- 2Qui est soigneux dans ce qu’il a à faire.
- 3Relatif à Stukely-Sud, municipalité de village québécoise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diligent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Attendez, je vais donner les ordres nécessaires », dit-il en ouvrant la porte du bureau, rempli d’employés semblables à de diligentes abeilles disséminées sur leurs rayons.
Et Guillaume, hors de lui, tour à tour pâle et le visage embrasé, était aux genoux de Jeanne stupéfaite, et couvrait de baisers ses mains, qui avaient enfin laissé tomber le fuseau diligent.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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