dinh

\diɲ˦\

/\diɲ˦\/ noun

The verdict

“dinh” is uncommon French (frequency #55,198 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,198
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Résidence (d'un grand mandarin).

Corpus desk

Index FR-dinh · dinh · French

dinh · rank #55,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,198
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dimorphisme

Nearest frequency peer: dimorphisme (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « dinh »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dinh
PropertyValue
Headworddinh
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\diɲ˦\
Letters4
Frequency rank#55,198
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dinh » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dinhtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dimorphisme » (#55,197), « dinos » (#55,199), « digression » (#55,196). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dinh » est au #55,198. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dinh is uncommon French at frequency #55,198 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \diɲ˦\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dinh, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dinh, spelled D-I-N-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Résidence (d'un grand mandarin).
  2. 2
    Camp militaire.

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 "dinh"?
"dinh" is spelled D-I-N-H. The IPA pronunciation is \diɲ˦\.
What does "dinh" mean?
As a noun, "dinh" means: Résidence (d'un grand mandarin).
How do you pronounce "dinh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dinh" is \diɲ˦\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dinh" come from?
"dinh" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list