Diomède
\djo.mɛd\
The verdict
“Diomède” is uncommon French (frequency #67,441 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,441
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fils de Tydée, héros de la guerre de Troie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diomede · Diomède · French
Diomède · rank #67,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,441
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dilatée
Nearest frequency peer: dilatée (-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 « Diomède »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- digérée
digérée
32,562 corpus weight
- dilatée
dilatée
32,561 corpus weight
- Diomède
Diomède
32,560 corpus weight
- dirigeais
dirigeais
32,558 corpus weight
- discontinu
discontinu
32,557 corpus weight
- dissimulait
dissimulait
32,556 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Diomède » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Diomède |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \djo.mɛd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Diomède » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Diomède is uncommon French at frequency #67,441 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \djo.mɛd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Diomède, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Diomède, spelled D-I-O-M-È-D-E.
Definition
- 1Fils de Tydée, héros de la guerre de Troie.
- 2Roi de Thrace, qui nourrissait ses chevaux de chair humaine et fut tué par Héraclès.
- 3îles situées au milieu du détroit de Béring, entre la Sibérie et l’Alaska.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diomède appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Humph ! fit Hérode en tirant une longue aspiration de sa poitrine profonde, les chevaux de ce carrosse semblent avoir l’humeur de ceux de Diomède, lesquels couraient sus aux hommes, les déchiraient et se nourrissaient de leur chair.
La grande Diomède.
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).