dins

\dɪnz\

/\dɪnz\/ noun

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The verdict

“dins” is uncommon French (frequency #83,782 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,782
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de din.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dins · dins · French

dins · rank #83,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,782
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dioula

Nearest frequency peer: dioula (+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 « dins »

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 « dins » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dins
PropertyValue
Headworddins
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɪnz\
Letters4
Frequency rank#83,782
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dins » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « dioula » (#83,783), « diams » (#83,780), « diabolisé » (#83,779). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dins » est au #83,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dins is uncommon French at frequency #83,782 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɪnz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de din.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dins in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dins, spelled D-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de din.

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 "dins"?
"dins" is spelled D-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dɪnz\.
What does "dins" mean?
As a noun, "dins" means: Pluriel de din.
How do you pronounce "dins"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dins" is \dɪnz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dins" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cron#83,745cheh#83,706chal#83,699fino#83,880

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list