deadline

\dɛd.lajn\

/\dɛd.lajn\/ noun

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The verdict

“deadline” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,207. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,207
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Échéance, date limite, date butoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deadline · deadline · French

deadline · rank #40,207 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,207
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH demand

Nearest frequency peer: demand (+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 « deadline »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « deadline » 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
Key facts for deadline
PropertyValue
Headworddeadline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛd.lajn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,207
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « deadline »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.deadlinese 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 « demand » (#40,208), « demy » (#40,209), « cycliques » (#40,204). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « deadline » est au #40,207. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around deadline (IPA \dɛd.lajn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,207 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Échéance, date limite, date butoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for deadline, with forms such as "daedline", "ddeadline", and "deaddline". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is deadline, spelled D-E-A-D-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Échéance, date limite, date butoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. […] ici donne la règle : un lieu, un certain nombre limité de pages, un certain temps, une deadline, oui, le temps et l’espace réglés d’une mystérieuse cérémonie.

This word in other languages

deadline(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • daedline
  • ddeadline
  • deaddline
  • deadilne
  • deadlien
  • deadlinne
  • deadlline
  • deadlnie
  • dealdine
  • dedaline
  • edadline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deadline - 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.

daedline2ddeadline1deaddline1deadilne2deadlien2deadlinne1deadlline1deadlnie2
Edit distance from "deadline"

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 "deadline"?
"deadline" is spelled D-E-A-D-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛd.lajn\.
What does "deadline" mean?
As a noun, "deadline" means: Échéance, date limite, date butoir.
What are common misspellings of "deadline"?
Common misspellings include "daedline", "ddeadline", "deaddline", "deadilne", "deadlien". The correct spelling is "deadline".
How do you pronounce "deadline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deadline" is \dɛd.lajn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deadline" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cruciaux#40,202director#40,213corbière#40,200contract#40,197

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list