dimanche

/\di.mɑ̃ʃ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#768

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

dimanche is aFrenchnoun. It means: Septième ^([1]) jour de la semaine. Suit le samedi et précède le lundi. Pronounced \di.mɑ̃ʃ\. It ranks #768 in French word frequency. Often confused with dimanches and démarche.

Key facts for dimanche
PropertyValue
Headworddimanche
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.mɑ̃ʃ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#768
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dimanche in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dimanche is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.mɑ̃ʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #768 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dimanche, with forms such as "ddimanche", "diamnche", and "dimacnhe". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dimanches", "démarche", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is dimanche, spelled D-I-M-A-N-C-H-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Septième ^([1]) jour de la semaine. Suit le samedi et précède le lundi.
  2. 2
    Ce jour en tant que jour saint de la semaine.
  3. 3
    Ce jour comme seul jour de la semaine où l’on peut profiter d’un privilège, d’un plaisir particulier.
  4. 4
    Ce jour comme jour de repos ou de congé de la semaine.
  5. 5
    Somme d’argent que l’on donne généralement à un enfant le dimanche.
  6. 6
    Défaut ou absence d’application de peinture, de goudron, par exemple sur une coque de navire.
  7. 7
    Vêtements portés le dimanche.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddimanche,diamnche,dimacnhe,dimancche,dimanceh,dimanchhe,dimanhce,dimannche,dimmanche,dimnache,dmianche,idmanche

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dimanche

Misspelling Variants of "dimanche"

ddimanche9diamnche8dimacnhe8dimancche9dimanceh8dimanchhe9dimanhce8dimannche9
Misspelling Variants of "dimanche"

Frequency rank: #768 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dimanche"?
"dimanche" is spelled D-I-M-A-N-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.mɑ̃ʃ\.
What does "dimanche" mean?
As a noun, "dimanche" means: Septième ^([1]) jour de la semaine. Suit le samedi et précède le lundi.
What words are commonly confused with "dimanche"?
"dimanche" is commonly confused with "dimanches", "démarche". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dimanche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dimanche" is \di.mɑ̃ʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dimanche" come from?
"dimanche" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.