Diois
\di.wa\
The verdict
“Diois” is uncommon French (frequency #81,060 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,060
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Région naturelle et historique de France située dans le département de la Drôme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diois · Diois · French
Diois · rank #81,060 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,060
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Dioscoride
Nearest frequency peer: Dioscoride (+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 « Diois »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- died
died
18,944 corpus weight
- diocésaines
diocésaines
18,943 corpus weight
- Diois
Diois
18,941 corpus weight
- Dioscoride
Dioscoride
18,940 corpus weight
- dioxines
dioxines
18,939 corpus weight
- dirions
dirions
18,938 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Diois » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Diois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \di.wa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,060 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Diois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Diois is uncommon French at frequency #81,060 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \di.wa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Région naturelle et historique de France située dans le département de la Drôme.".
Diois has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Diois, spelled D-I-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Région naturelle et historique de France située dans le département de la Drôme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Diois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces villages du versant du Diois ne sont plus du tout pareils aux nôtres. C’est le jour et la nuit. Chez nous tout est fait pour la vache et pour la scierie. Ici c’est tout de suite tout pour la noblesse et l’histoire. Histoire, je veux dire histoire de France bien entendu, mais aussi fourrer son nez dans ce qui ne vous regarde pas. Il y a presque toujour…
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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