dreadlock
\dʁɛd.lɔk\
The verdict
“dreadlock” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mèche de cheveux emmêlées naturellement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dreadlock · dreadlock · French
dreadlock · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | dreadlock |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁɛd.lɔk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dreadlock » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dreadlock is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁɛd.lɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mèche de cheveux emmêlées naturellement.".
Zero misspellings are on record for dreadlock in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dreadlock, spelled D-R-E-A-D-L-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1Mèche de cheveux emmêlées naturellement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dreadlock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fixer une dreadlock synthétique sur une mèche de cheveux (pose d'extensions réalisée à chaud).
Arrivés à une dizaine de centimètres de longueur, roulez les nœuds entre vos paumes de façon à les égaliser, à former une dreadlock bien cylindrique.
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.