dreadnought
\dʁɛd.nɔt\
The verdict
“dreadnought” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Type prédominant de cuirassé utilisé au cours du XXᵉ siècle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dreadnought |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dʁɛd.nɔt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dreadnought” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dreadnought is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dʁɛd.nɔt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Type prédominant de cuirassé utilisé au cours du XXᵉ siècle.".
dreadnought has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dreadnought, spelled D-R-E-A-D-N-O-U-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Type prédominant de cuirassé utilisé au cours du XXᵉ siècle.
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.
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Using “dreadnought”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-R-E-A-D-N-O-U-G-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dʁɛd.nɔt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.