raisin du diable
\ʁɛ.zɛ̃ dy djɑbl\
The verdict
“raisin du diable” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonyme de tamier commun.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | raisin du diable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛ.zɛ̃ dy djɑbl\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “raisin du diable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for raisin du diable is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɛ.zɛ̃ dy djɑbl\. 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: "Synonyme de tamier commun.".
raisin du diable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is raisin du diable, spelled R-A-I-S-I-N- -D-U- -D-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de tamier commun.
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 “raisin du diable”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-A-I-S-I-N- -D-U- -D-I-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.