dreadlocks
\dʁɛd.lɔk\
The verdict
“dreadlocks” is uncommon French (frequency #56,557 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,557
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Style de coiffure composée de mèches de cheveux emmêlées naturellement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dreadlocks · dreadlocks · French
dreadlocks · rank #56,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,557
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH DTN
Nearest frequency peer: DTN (+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 « dreadlocks »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Dmitry
Dmitry
43,449 corpus weight
- dreadlocks
dreadlocks
43,444 corpus weight
- DTN
DTN
43,443 corpus weight
- duchesses
duchesses
43,442 corpus weight
- dumb
dumb
43,440 corpus weight
- Duvivier
Duvivier
43,439 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dreadlocks » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dreadlocks |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁɛd.lɔk\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dreadlocks » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dreadlocks is uncommon French at frequency #56,557 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dʁɛd.lɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for dreadlocks in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dreadlocks, spelled D-R-E-A-D-L-O-C-K-S.
Definition
- 1Style de coiffure composée de mèches de cheveux emmêlées naturellement.
- 2Personne portant cette coiffure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dreadlocks appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avant d’achever cette partie de notre développement, il nous semblait intéressant d’examiner l’influence de la logique commerciale sur un symbole incontournable du mouvement rastafari, les nattes, communément appelées dreadlocks.
Synonyms
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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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