Ding
\dɪŋ\
The verdict
“Ding” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,511. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,511
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chose, truc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ding · Ding · French
Ding · rank #23,511 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,511
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dessinent
Nearest frequency peer: dessinent (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Ding”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Daniels
Daniels
76,493 corpus weight
- Danièle
Danièle
76,492 corpus weight
- dessinent
dessinent
76,491 corpus weight
- Ding
Ding
76,490 corpus weight
- dingues
dingues
76,489 corpus weight
- dirons
dirons
76,488 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Ding” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ding |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #23,511 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “Ding” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Ding (IPA \dɪŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,511 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ding, with forms such as "dding", "dign", and "dingg". 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, "DN", "dix", "don", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Ding, spelled D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Chose, truc.
- 2Chose, affaire, évènement.
- 3Chose, fait.
- 4Jeune fille.
- 5Truc, chose que l’on ne veut pas nommer ou décrire en détail.
- 6Quelque chose de grand, important, impressionnant.
- 7Assemblée judiciaire germanique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Ding ist größer als der Kasten.
Auf einer spanischen Insel könnte man ja mangels Nachtclubs ein paar Ruinen erwarten (barocke Klöster, mittelalterliche Festungen und dergleichen). Betrüblicherweise sind diese schönen Dinge zwischen 1730 und 1732 durch eine Reihe von Erdbeben und besonders heftigen Vulkanausbrüchen samt und sonders zerstört worden.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dding
- dign
- dingg
- dinng
- dnig
- idng
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ding - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ding", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Ding". Here's where to go from here.
- "Ding" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "DN". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #23,511 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.