DVG

noun

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The verdict

“DVG” is uncommon French (frequency #61,463 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,463
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Divers gauche (en parlant d’un·e candidat·e ou d’un·e élu·e classé·e à gauche, mais n’appartenant pas à un parti, ou pas à un des partis répertoriés par une statistique).

Key facts for DVG
PropertyValue
HeadwordDVG
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#61,463
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “DVG” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). DVG lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

DVG is uncommon French at frequency #61,463 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Divers gauche (en parlant d’un·e candidat·e ou d’un·e élu·e classé·e à gauche, mais n’appartenant pas à un parti, ou pas à un des partis répertoriés par une statistique).".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for DVG, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is DVG, spelled D-V-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Divers gauche (en parlant d’un·e candidat·e ou d’un·e élu·e classé·e à gauche, mais n’appartenant pas à un parti, ou pas à un des partis répertoriés par une statistique).

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 "DVG"?
"DVG" is spelled D-V-G.
What does "DVG" mean?
As a noun, "DVG" means: Divers gauche (en parlant d’un·e candidat·e ou d’un·e élu·e classé·e à gauche, mais n’appartenant pas à un parti, ou pas à un des partis répertoriés par une statistique).
What language does "DVG" come from?
"DVG" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “DVG”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-V-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list