Dinan

\di.nɑ̃\

/\di.nɑ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Dinan” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,898. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,898
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Côtes-d’Armor.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dinan · Dinan · French

Dinan · rank #35,898 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,898
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diagnostiquée

Nearest frequency peer: diagnostiquée (-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 « Dinan »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Dinan » 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).

Dinan vs DNA
20% similar
Dinan vs dira
40% similar
Dinan vs dion
40% similar

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

Key facts for Dinan
PropertyValue
HeadwordDinan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\di.nɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,898
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Dinan »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Dinanse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « diagnostiquée » (#35,897), « Dionysos » (#35,899), « deviendraient » (#35,896). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Dinan » est au #35,898. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Dinan (IPA \di.nɑ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,898 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dinan, with forms such as "ddinan", "diann", and "dinann". 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, "DNA", "dira", "dion", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Dinan, spelled D-I-N-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département des Côtes-d’Armor.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département des Côtes-d’Armor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il s’agit d’abord de ses états de service, attestés par les chefs survivants de la Chouannerie en 1814 et 1815, et dans lesquels il est qualifié de chef de la division de Dinan.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddinan
  • diann
  • dinann
  • dinnan
  • dnian
  • idnan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dinan - 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.

ddinan1diann2dinann1dinnan1dnian2idnan2
Edit distance from "Dinan"

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 "Dinan"?
"Dinan" is spelled D-I-N-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \di.nɑ̃\.
What does "Dinan" mean?
As a proper noun, "Dinan" means: Commune française, située dans le département des Côtes-d’Armor.
What words are commonly confused with "Dinan"?
"Dinan" is commonly confused with "DNA", "dira", "dion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Dinan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dinan" is \di.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dinan" come from?
"Dinan" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crame#35,887fluor#35,950frire#35,956gemme#35,963

Similar misspelling depth

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

Hahn6 variantsherb6 variantsamigo6 variantsaffine6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list