DVI

\de.ve.i\

/\de.ve.i\/ name

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The verdict

“DVI” is uncommon French (frequency #85,654 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,654
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Standard d'affichage pour ordinateurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dvi · DVI · French

DVI · rank #85,654 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,654
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH durcis

Nearest frequency peer: durcis (-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 « DVI »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « DVI » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for DVI
PropertyValue
HeadwordDVI
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\de.ve.i\
Letters3
Frequency rank#85,654
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « DVI » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.DVItombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « durcis » (#85,653), « dynamitage » (#85,655), « débarrassées » (#85,656). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « DVI » est au #85,654. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

DVI is uncommon French at frequency #85,654 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \de.ve.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for DVI, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is DVI, spelled D-V-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Standard d'affichage pour ordinateurs.
  2. 2
    Câble d'écran utilisant ce standard.

This word in other languages

DVI(English)

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 "DVI"?
"DVI" is spelled D-V-I. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ve.i\.
What does "DVI" mean?
As a proper noun, "DVI" means: Standard d'affichage pour ordinateurs.
How do you pronounce "DVI"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "DVI" is \de.ve.i\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "DVI" come from?
"DVI" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "DVI", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

DFS#85,635día#85,681Eck#85,683F2P#85,712

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list