Diouf

\djuf\

/\djuf\/ name

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The verdict

“Diouf” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,971
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille sérère (Sénégal).

Corpus desk

Index FR-diouf · Diouf · French

Diouf · rank #25,971 · 6 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,971
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dino

Nearest frequency peer: dino (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Diouf »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Diouf » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Diouf vs dou
40% similar
Diouf vs doux
40% similar
Diouf vs Doug
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Diouf
PropertyValue
HeadwordDiouf
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\djuf\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,971
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Diouf »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Dioufse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dino » (#25,970), « dissocier » (#25,972), « dilatation » (#25,969). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « Diouf » est au #25,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Diouf (IPA \djuf\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,971 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille sérère (Sénégal).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Diouf, with forms such as "ddiouf", "diofu", and "diouff". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "dou", "doux", "Doug", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Diouf, spelled D-I-O-U-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille sérère (Sénégal).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Diouf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Abdou Diouf, Chef de l’État sénégalais, Président en exercice de l’OUA, procèdera à l’ouverture solennelle du pré-festival.
  2. De son côté, l’OGC Nice s’est vu offrir la victoire à domicile par le gardien du stade de Reims, Yehvann Diouf, auteur d’une sacrée boulette.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiouf
  • diofu
  • diouff
  • diuof
  • doiuf
  • idouf

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Diouf - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddiouf1diofu2diouff1diuof2doiuf2idouf2
Edit distance from "Diouf"

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 "Diouf"?
"Diouf" is spelled D-I-O-U-F. The IPA pronunciation is \djuf\.
What does "Diouf" mean?
As a proper noun, "Diouf" means: Nom de famille sérère (Sénégal).
What words are commonly confused with "Diouf"?
"Diouf" is commonly confused with "dou", "doux", "Doug". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Diouf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Diouf" is \djuf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Diouf" come from?
"Diouf" 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 "Diouf", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dolce#25,973cocon#25,930fresh#26,013Cissé#25,927

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Davy6 variantsdaft6 variantscotton6 variantsCollin6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list