DME
The verdict
“DME” is uncommon French (frequency #76,498 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,498
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Principe qui veut qu’un bébé qui commence à manger autre chose que du lait devrait être plus autonome dans son alimentation, et avec plus de variété que dans les habitudes classiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dme · DME · French
DME · rank #76,498 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,498
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diététicienne
Nearest frequency peer: diététicienne (-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 « DME »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- distinguo
distinguo
23,506 corpus weight
- diversifiant
diversifiant
23,505 corpus weight
- diététicien…
diététicienne
23,504 corpus weight
- DME
DME
23,503 corpus weight
- Domfront
Domfront
23,502 corpus weight
- dopent
dopent
23,501 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « DME » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | DME |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #76,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « DME » en français
Rare enough to double-check
DME is uncommon French at frequency #76,498 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Principe qui veut qu’un bébé qui commence à manger autre chose que du lait devrait être plus autonome dans son alimentation, et avec plus de variété que dans les habitudes classiques.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for DME in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is DME, spelled D-M-E.
Definition
- 1Principe qui veut qu’un bébé qui commence à manger autre chose que du lait devrait être plus autonome dans son alimentation, et avec plus de variété que dans les habitudes classiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how DME appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plus de 50 assiettes composées de recettes sucrées et salées pour accompagner les parents dans l'aventure de la DME !
Un ouvrage qui permet de faire découvrir la diversification alimentaire menée par l’enfant (DME).
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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