dîme

\dim\

/\dim\/ noun

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The verdict

“dîme” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,076. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,076
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Portion des grains, des vins, des fruits, etc., qui se payait à l’église, ou au seigneur du lieu, et qui en était ordinairement le dixième.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dime · dîme · French

dîme · rank #34,076 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,076
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH détenant

Nearest frequency peer: détenant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dîme »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dîme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dîme vs dm
50% similar
dîme vs dix
25% similar
dîme vs due
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dîme
PropertyValue
Headworddîme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dim\
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,076
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dîme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dîmese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « détenant » (#34,075), « désuet » (#34,074), « edo » (#34,078). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dîme » est au #34,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around dîme (IPA \dim\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,076 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for dîme, with forms such as "ddîme", "dime", and "dmîe". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dm", "dix", "due", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dîme, spelled D-Î-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Portion des grains, des vins, des fruits, etc., qui se payait à l’église, ou au seigneur du lieu, et qui en était ordinairement le dixième.
  2. 2
    Prélèvement qui se faisait sur les Juifs du dixième des fruits de la terre pour offrir au Seigneur ou pour donner aux lévites.
  3. 3
    Nom d’une petite monnaie.
  4. 4
    Gratification, prélèvement selon un pourcentage déterminé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dîme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le clergé espagnol possédait d’immenses propriétés outre les dîmes.
  2. L’assemblée de Jalisco alla encore plus loin : elle retira au clergé la perception des dîmes, et la confia à une junte de cinq membres, dont un seul ecclésiastique.

This word in other languages

tithe(English)diezmo(Español)Zehnt(Deutsch)dízimo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddîme
  • dime
  • dmîe
  • dîem
  • dîmme
  • îdme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dîme - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddîme1dime1dmîe2dîem2dîmme1îdme2
Edit distance from "dîme"

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 "dîme"?
"dîme" is spelled D-Î-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dim\.
What does "dîme" mean?
As a noun, "dîme" means: Portion des grains, des vins, des fruits, etc., qui se payait à l’église, ou au seigneur du lieu, et qui en était ordinairement le dixième.
What words are commonly confused with "dîme"?
"dîme" is commonly confused with "dm", "dix", "due". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dîme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dîme" is \dim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dîme" come from?
"dîme" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

duff#34,065evra#34,091goes#34,107HDMI#34,114

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

dattes6 variantsIdriss6 variantsMarat6 variantsalive6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list