diplodocus
\di.plo.dɔ.kys\
The verdict
“diplodocus” is uncommon French (frequency #98,971 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,971
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand dinosaure herbivore du jurassique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diplodocus · diplodocus · French
diplodocus · rank #98,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,971
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH directionnell…
Nearest frequency peer: directionnelles (+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 « diplodocus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Dils
Dils
1,033 corpus weight
- dinka
dinka
1,032 corpus weight
- diplodocus
diplodocus
1,030 corpus weight
- directionne…
directionnelles
1,029 corpus weight
- distillateur
distillateur
1,028 corpus weight
- DivX
DivX
1,027 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « diplodocus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diplodocus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.plo.dɔ.kys\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #98,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diplodocus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
diplodocus is uncommon French at frequency #98,971 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.plo.dɔ.kys\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand dinosaure herbivore du jurassique.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for diplodocus, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is diplodocus, spelled D-I-P-L-O-D-O-C-U-S.
Definition
- 1Grand dinosaure herbivore du jurassique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how diplodocus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Selon certains savants, les diplodocus étaient bêtes comme des camions : nuit et jour ils pataugeaient dans une boue phosphorescente d’où montaient des fusées comestibles… Puis, tout couverts de goémons moirés et de fientes verdâtres, ils s’en allaient galoper sur un gazon ravissant qu’ils ont esquinté, gazon que nous appelons aujourd’hui Montagnes Rocheu…
Au milieu trônait le squelette du majestueux diplodocus.
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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