dirham
\di.ʁam\
The verdict
“dirham” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie de différents États arabes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dirham · dirham · French
dirham · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dirham |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.ʁam\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dirham is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.ʁam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for dirham in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dirham, spelled D-I-R-H-A-M.
Definition
- 1Monnaie de différents États arabes.
- 2Unité de masse utilisée durant l'Antiquité dans le Levant, équivalent du drachme grec.
- 3Monnaie antique du Levant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dirham appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Place des Changeurs, voyageurs et marchands de toutes origines, andalous, grecs ou chinois, s’affairent autour des vérificateurs de monnaies qui, dignement munis de leur balance réglementaire, grattent un dinar, de Kirman, de Nichapour ou de Séville, reniflent la tanka de Delhi, soupèsent un dirham de Bouk, font la moue devant un maigre nomisma de Constan…
Le seikouk est un petit-lait légèrement aigre adouci de semoule de couscous vendu 1 dirham le verre par un marchand qui a harnaché sa bicyclette comme un âne d'une marmite et de deux gros bidons.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.