DLC

\de.ɛl.se\

/\de.ɛl.se\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“DLC” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,512) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#19,512
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Date limite de consommation d'un produit alimentaire manufacturé, telle qu'indiquée sur l'emballage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dlc · DLC · French

DLC · rank #19,512 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,512
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH djihadiste

Nearest frequency peer: djihadiste (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « DLC »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « DLC » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

DLC vs du
0% similar
DLC vs dr
0% similar
DLC vs do
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for DLC
PropertyValue
HeadwordDLC
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ɛl.se\
Letters3
Frequency rank#19,512
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « DLC »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).DLCse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « djihadiste » (#19,511), « divergence » (#19,510), « dotées » (#19,514). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « DLC » est au #19,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for DLC is neighbouring look-alikes ("du", "dr", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \de.ɛl.se\. Frequency #19,512 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Date limite de consommation d'un produit alimentaire manufacturé, telle qu'indiquée sur l'emballage.".

Zero misspellings are on record for DLC in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "dr", "do", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is DLC, spelled D-L-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Date limite de consommation d'un produit alimentaire manufacturé, telle qu'indiquée sur l'emballage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce handicap est également relevé pour les salades composées. Quant à la durée de vie, elle est jugée insuffisante, compte tenu de l'obligation de passer par un distributeur qui ampute trop souvent la DLC de 48 heures, voire même de 72 heures.
  2. Les charcuteries sous vide, dont l'emballage n'a pas été ouvert, se conservent plus longtemps que les charcuteries achetées chez le charcutier. Respectez bien les DLC indiquées sur les emballages.

This word in other languages

EXP(English)

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 "DLC"?
"DLC" is spelled D-L-C. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ɛl.se\.
What does "DLC" mean?
As a noun, "DLC" means: Date limite de consommation d'un produit alimentaire manufacturé, telle qu'indiquée sur l'emballage.
What words are commonly confused with "DLC"?
"DLC" is commonly confused with "du", "dr", "do". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "DLC"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "DLC" is \de.ɛl.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "DLC" come from?
"DLC" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "DLC", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cum#19,500CSP#19,499cox#19,493gag#19,551

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list