dix-sept
\di.sɛt\
The verdict
“dix-sept” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seize plus un, cardinal correspondant au nombre 17.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dix-sept · dix-sept · French
dix-sept · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | dix-sept |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.sɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dix-sept is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \di.sɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dix-sept, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dix-sept, spelled D-I-X---S-E-P-T.
Definition
- 1Seize plus un, cardinal correspondant au nombre 17.
- 2Dix-septième.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dix-sept appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle avait dix-sept chasubles galonnées, outre les ornements de deuil
Vous, à qui la vie parisienne est connue jusque dans ses exostoses, vous devinez qu’il lui fallait environ dix-sept mille livres de rente, car il avait dix-sept francs d’impositions et mille écus de fantaisies.
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.