débandade
\de.bɑ̃.dad\
The verdict
“débandade” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,221
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de se débander ou de se disperser ; débâcle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-debandade · débandade · French
débandade · rank #40,221 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,221
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Drouet
Nearest frequency peer: Drouet (-2 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 « débandade »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- douloureuse…
douloureusement
59,784 corpus weight
- dressait
dressait
59,783 corpus weight
- Drouet
Drouet
59,782 corpus weight
- débandade
débandade
59,780 corpus weight
- décideront
décideront
59,778 corpus weight
- défections
défections
59,777 corpus weight
What this shows « débandade » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | débandade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.bɑ̃.dad\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « débandade »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around débandade (IPA \de.bɑ̃.dad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,221 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for débandade, with forms such as "dbéandade", "ddébandade", and "debandade". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 débandade, spelled D-É-B-A-N-D-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Action de se débander ou de se disperser ; débâcle.
- 2Action de débander, cessation de l’érection, fait de ne plus bander.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how débandade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce dénouement prévu donna le signal d'une débandade générale, quoique les badauds qui avaient pris position dans la Cité ne courussent aucun danger.
On s’oublia quelques minutes encore autour de la table, et l’on quitta enfin la salle à manger, tout odorante des mets, des vins, des fruits et des roses, toute chaude des grosses bûches qui étaient tombées en braise, dans la gaieté un peu en déroute des cristaux et de l’argenterie, sous le jour pâle et fin éclairant la débandade du couvert.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dbéandade
- ddébandade
- debandade
- déabndade
- débadnade
- débanadde
- débandadde
- débandaed
- débanddade
- débanddae
- débanndade
- débbandade
- débnadade
- édbandade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of débandade - 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
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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