diot
\djo\
The verdict
“diot” is uncommon French (frequency #59,950 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,950
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Saucisse de porc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diot · diot · French
diot · rank #59,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,950
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH différenciant
Nearest frequency peer: différenciant (-2 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 « diot »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- diapos
diapos
40,056 corpus weight
- diario
diario
40,055 corpus weight
- différencia…
différenciant
40,053 corpus weight
- diot
diot
40,051 corpus weight
- divisa
divisa
40,049 corpus weight
- divisez
divisez
40,048 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « diot » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \djo\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
diot is uncommon French at frequency #59,950 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \djo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Saucisse de porc.".
Zero misspellings are on record for diot in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is diot, spelled D-I-O-T.
Definition
- 1Saucisse de porc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how diot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faites revenir les diots dans une cocotte avec du beurre jusqu’à ce que les saucisses soient bien colorées sur toutes les faces. Sortez les diots et réservez-les. Dans la cocotte, ajoutez les oignons émincés et faites-les colorés dorer. Ajoutez la farine, mélangez puis mouillez avec le vin blanc. Disposez les diots sur le lit d’oignons et faites cuire à c…
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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