davantage
\da.vɑ̃.taʒ\
The verdict
“davantage” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,517
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-davantage · davantage · French
davantage · rank #1,517 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #1,517
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH célèbre
Nearest frequency peer: célèbre (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “davantage”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- content
content
98,487 corpus weight
- croissance
croissance
98,486 corpus weight
- célèbre
célèbre
98,485 corpus weight
- davantage
davantage
98,484 corpus weight
- distance
distance
98,483 corpus weight
- détails
détails
98,482 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “davantage” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | davantage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \da.vɑ̃.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #1,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “davantage” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around davantage (IPA \da.vɑ̃.taʒ\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,517 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for davantage, with forms such as "advantage", "daavntage", and "davanatge". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "désavantage", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is davantage, spelled D-A-V-A-N-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Plus.
- 2Plus de, un plus grand nombre de, une plus grande quantité de.
- 3(Avec que) Plus que.
- 4Plus longtemps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how davantage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pourquoi ne ferions nous pas bûcher davantage nos citoyens afin de pouvoir dorloter nos citoyennes ? Cela serait profondément naturel et juste.
Une heure auparavant, j’avais cru que Mauricette serait l’héroïne de mon aventure… Sa mère m’enflammait dix fois davantage.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- advantage
- daavntage
- davanatge
- davanntage
- davantaeg
- davantagge
- davantgae
- davanttage
- davatnage
- davnatage
- davvantage
- ddavantage
- dvaantage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of davantage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "davantage", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "désavantage". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,517 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.