débutent

\de.byt\

/\de.byt\/ verb

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The verdict

“débutent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,262. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,262
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-debutent · débutent · French

débutent · rank #19,262 · 13 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,262
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH doutait

Nearest frequency peer: doutait (-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 « débutent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « débutent » 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).

débutent vs débuter
75% similar
débutent vs doutent
75% similar
débutent vs débutera
75% similar

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

Key facts for débutent
PropertyValue
Headworddébutent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.byt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,262
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « débutent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.débutentse 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 « doutait » (#19,261), « déclenchée » (#19,263), « dorés » (#19,260). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « débutent » est au #19,262. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around débutent (IPA \de.byt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,262 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for débutent, with forms such as "dbéutent", "ddébutent", and "debutent". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "débuter", "doutent", "débutera", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 débutent, spelled D-É-B-U-T-E-N-T.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dbéutent
  • ddébutent
  • debutent
  • débbutent
  • débtuent
  • débuetnt
  • débutennt
  • débutentt
  • débutetn
  • débutnet
  • débuttent
  • déubtent
  • édbutent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dbéutent2ddébutent1debutent1débbutent1débtuent2débuetnt2débutennt1débutentt1
Edit distance from "débutent"

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 "débutent"?
"débutent" is spelled D-É-B-U-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.byt\.
What does "débutent" mean?
As a verb, "débutent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de débuter.
What words are commonly confused with "débutent"?
"débutent" is commonly confused with "débuter", "doutent", "débutera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "débutent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "débutent" is \de.byt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "débutent" come from?
"débutent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

desserts#19,256descends#19,255demeures#19,254détachée#19,270

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

entendues13 variantsexploitée13 variantscombinés13 variantscognitive13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list