dita

\di.ta\

/\di.ta\/ noun

The verdict

“dita” is uncommon French (frequency #73,902 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,902
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire d'un arbre nommé Alstonia scholaris de la famille des Apocynaceae (Apocynacées).

Corpus desk

Index FR-dita · dita · French

dita · rank #73,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,902
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH disloque

Nearest frequency peer: disloque (-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 « dita »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dita » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dita
PropertyValue
Headworddita
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.ta\
Letters4
Frequency rank#73,902
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dita » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ditatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « disloque » (#73,901), « djembé » (#73,903), « discursive » (#73,900). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dita » est au #73,902. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dita is uncommon French at frequency #73,902 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom vernaculaire d'un arbre nommé Alstonia scholaris de la famille des Apocynaceae (Apocynacées).".

dita doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dita, spelled D-I-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom vernaculaire d'un arbre nommé Alstonia scholaris de la famille des Apocynaceae (Apocynacées).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il faut prendre les plus grandes précautions quand on administre cette écorce comme antipériodique, à la place de l'écorce de dita.

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 "dita"?
"dita" is spelled D-I-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ta\.
What does "dita" mean?
As a noun, "dita" means: Nom vernaculaire d'un arbre nommé Alstonia scholaris de la famille des Apocynaceae (Apocynacées).
How do you pronounce "dita"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dita" is \di.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dita" come from?
"dita" 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 "dita", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list