zadig
\ˈzɑː.dik\
The verdict
“zadig” is uncommon French (frequency #60,488 among 240 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,488
- frequency rank, French
- 240
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme mutée de tadig par spirantisation (t → z).
Corpus desk
Index FR-zadig · zadig · French
zadig · rank #60,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,488
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 240
- PHOTO-FINISH Zohra
Nearest frequency peer: Zohra (+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 « zadig »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Yaël
Yaël
39,516 corpus weight
- Yitzhak
Yitzhak
39,515 corpus weight
- zadig
zadig
39,513 corpus weight
- Zohra
Zohra
39,512 corpus weight
- zouave
zouave
39,511 corpus weight
- ânerie
ânerie
39,510 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « zadig » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zadig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈzɑː.dik\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « zadig » en français
Rare enough to double-check
zadig is uncommon French at frequency #60,488 among 240 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈzɑː.dik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme mutée de tadig par spirantisation (t → z).".
zadig has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is zadig, spelled Z-A-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1Forme mutée de tadig par spirantisation (t → z).
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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