dill

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

\dɪl\

/\dɪl\/ noun

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

The verdict

“dill” is uncommon French (frequency #88,531 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,531
frequency rank, French: 5,307
“D” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-dill · dill · French

dill · rank #88,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #88,531
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,307
PHOTO-FINISH Digoin

Nearest frequency peer: Digoin (-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.

diaporamas

11,474
Digoin

11,471
dill

11,470
disposa

11,469
divertis

11,467
divo

11,466

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

Key facts for dill
Property	Value
Headword	dill
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\dɪl\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#88,531
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dill » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dilltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#88,531

#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: « Digoin » (#88,530), « disposa » (#88,532), « divertis » (#88,534). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dill » est au #88,531. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dill is uncommon French at frequency #88,531 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɪl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for dill in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dill, spelled D-I-L-L.

Definition

1
Aneth.
2
Concombre mariné à l'aneth.
3
Imbécile.

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 "dill"?

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

What does "dill" mean?

As a noun, "dill" means: Aneth.

How do you pronounce "dill"?

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

What language does "dill" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

divo#88,535 doro#88,541 curd#88,510 feur#88,626