distal
\dis.tal\
The verdict
“distal” is uncommon French (frequency #83,785 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,785
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est le plus éloigné du corps, du centre d’un organe, de l’origine d'une structure ou du point d’attache d’un membre au tronc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-distal · distal · French
distal · rank #83,785 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,785
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH distancier
Nearest frequency peer: distancier (+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 « distal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dins
dins
16,219 corpus weight
- dioula
dioula
16,218 corpus weight
- distal
distal
16,216 corpus weight
- distancier
distancier
16,215 corpus weight
- distinguez
distinguez
16,214 corpus weight
- distribuez
distribuez
16,213 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « distal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dis.tal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,785 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « distal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
distal is uncommon French at frequency #83,785 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dis.tal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for distal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is distal, spelled D-I-S-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui est le plus éloigné du corps, du centre d’un organe, de l’origine d'une structure ou du point d’attache d’un membre au tronc.
- 2Qui est le plus éloigné de la personne qui parle.
- 3Qui est le plus éloigné d'un lieu ou d’un moment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how distal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’opération proprement dite fut effectuée avec un silex tranchant, à hauteur du tiers distal de l’humérus.
Défini dans le domaine dentaire, distal représente la face d’une dent orientée vers l’arrière de l’arcade dentaire. Le côté opposé est le côté ou face "mésial". Les autres faces des dents étant définies par les mots "palatin" du côté du palais et "vestibulaire" du côté orienté entre les arcades dentaires et les lèvres ou les joues.
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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