debout

\də.bu\

/\də.bu\/ adj

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The verdict

“debout” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,770
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie un vent, de face, quand il est en sens contraire au mouvement de l’aéronef, du navire, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-debout · debout · French

debout · rank #2,770 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,770
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH cérémonie

Nearest frequency peer: cérémonie (-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 « debout »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « debout » 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).

debout vs début
67% similar
debout vs dépôt
33% similar
debout vs défaut
50% similar

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

Key facts for debout
PropertyValue
Headworddebout
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\də.bu\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,770
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « debout »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.deboutse 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 « cérémonie » (#2,769), « disais » (#2,771), « culturel » (#2,768). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « debout » est au #2,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around debout (IPA \də.bu\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,770 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for debout, with forms such as "dbeout", "ddebout", and "debbout". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "début", "dépôt", "défaut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is debout, spelled D-E-B-O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie un vent, de face, quand il est en sens contraire au mouvement de l’aéronef, du navire, etc.
  2. 2
    Qualifie la magistrature qui accuse (par opposition à celle assise qui rend le jugement).
  3. 3
    Qualifie le bois pris dans le sens des fibres.
  4. 4
    Qui n'est pas couché.
  5. 5
    Se dit d’animaux en particulier l’ours qui est représenté dressé sur ses pattes arrière. À rapprocher de en pied, levé et rampant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Notre hélice fendait la brume et notre appareil était balloté par un vent de trois quart debout.
  2. Ne voulant pas louvoyer contre un fort vent debout et une mer dure, je mets à la cape.

Antonyms

couchéassisde profilde dessusde dessousde dosd'arrière

This word in other languages

de pie(Español)stehend(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dbeout
  • ddebout
  • debbout
  • debotu
  • deboutt
  • debuot
  • deobut
  • edbout

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dbeout2ddebout1debbout1debotu2deboutt1debuot2deobut2edbout2
Edit distance from "debout"

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 "debout"?
"debout" is spelled D-E-B-O-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \də.bu\.
What does "debout" mean?
As an adjective, "debout" means: Qualifie un vent, de face, quand il est en sens contraire au mouvement de l’aéronef, du navire, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "debout"?
"debout" is commonly confused with "début", "dépôt", "défaut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "debout"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "debout" is \də.bu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "debout" come from?
"debout" 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 "debout", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

disais#2,771drogue#2,772cacher#2,763Genève#2,779

Similar misspelling depth

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

clubs8 variantschère8 variantsmajeur8 variantsaffirme8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list