débrouillent

\de.bʁuj\

/\de.bʁuj\/ verb

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The verdict

“débrouillent” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,714
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de débrouiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-debrouillent · débrouillent · French

débrouillent · rank #46,714 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,714
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décadent

Nearest frequency peer: décadent (+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 « débrouillent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « débrouillent » 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).

débrouillent vs débrouiller
83% similar
débrouillent vs débrouillé
75% similar

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

Key facts for débrouillent
PropertyValue
Headworddébrouillent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.bʁuj\
Letters12
Frequency rank#46,714
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « débrouillent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).débrouillentse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « décadent » (#46,715), « décalages » (#46,716), « dunlop » (#46,711). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « débrouillent » est au #46,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around débrouillent (IPA \de.bʁuj\), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,714 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for débrouillent, with forms such as "dbérouillent", "ddébrouillent", and "debrouillent". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "débrouiller", "débrouillé", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is débrouillent, spelled D-É-B-R-O-U-I-L-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de débrouiller.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de débrouiller.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dbérouillent
  • ddébrouillent
  • debrouillent
  • débbrouillent
  • déboruillent
  • débroiullent
  • débrouilelnt
  • débrouilent
  • débrouillennt
  • débrouillentt
  • débrouilletn
  • débrouillnet
  • débroulilent
  • débrrouillent
  • débruoillent
  • dérbouillent
  • édbrouillent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of débrouillent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

dbérouillent2ddébrouillent1debrouillent1débbrouillent1déboruillent2débroiullent2débrouilelnt2débrouilent1
Edit distance from "débrouillent"

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 "débrouillent"?
"débrouillent" is spelled D-É-B-R-O-U-I-L-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.bʁuj\.
What does "débrouillent" mean?
As a verb, "débrouillent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de débrouiller.
What words are commonly confused with "débrouillent"?
"débrouillent" is commonly confused with "débrouiller", "débrouillé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "débrouillent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "débrouillent" is \de.bʁuj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "débrouillent" come from?
"débrouillent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

découvrirent#46,718déflagration#46,721dérégulation#46,730encourageons#46,743

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

documentées17 variantscristallines17 variantsconvenances17 variantsconstruisez17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list