danses

\dɑ̃s\

/\dɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“danses” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,466. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,466
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de danse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-danses · danses · French

danses · rank #9,466 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,466
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dance

Nearest frequency peer: dance (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « danses »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « danses » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

danses vs dates
67% similar
danses vs dense
67% similar
danses vs doses
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for danses
PropertyValue
Headworddanses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɑ̃s\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,466
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « danses »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dansesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dance » (#9,465), « delta » (#9,467), « célébrité » (#9,464). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « danses » est au #9,466. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around danses (IPA \dɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,466 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de danse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for danses, with forms such as "adnses", "daness", and "dannses". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dates", "dense", "doses", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 danses, spelled D-A-N-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de danse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how danses appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ce sont des études de taureau dans l’étable, des ouvrières vaguant en manteau de lit dans leur dortoir, des danses de marionnettes, des portraits de femmes du temps dans le trifouillis de leurs fanfreluches, des scènes d’évocation inspirées par la magie de Cagliostro qui passe, des foules grouillant dans des jardins, sous les grands pins d’Italie, des pay…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adnses
  • daness
  • dannses
  • dansess
  • dansses
  • dasnes
  • ddanses
  • dnases

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of danses - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

adnses2daness2dannses1dansess1dansses1dasnes2ddanses1dnases2
Edit distance from "danses"

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 "danses"?
"danses" is spelled D-A-N-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dɑ̃s\.
What does "danses" mean?
As a noun, "danses" means: Pluriel de danse.
What words are commonly confused with "danses"?
"danses" is commonly confused with "dates", "dense", "doses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "danses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "danses" is \dɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "danses" come from?
"danses" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cuisse#9,462cordon#9,457consul#9,456entame#9,479

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

gamine8 variantscafés8 variantscabane8 variantsBercy8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list