déchets

\de.ʃɛ\

/\de.ʃɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“déchets” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,400. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,400
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de déchet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dechets · déchets · French

déchets · rank #3,400 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,400
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dizaine

Nearest frequency peer: dizaine (-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 « déchets »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « déchets » 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).

déchets vs décret
71% similar
déchets vs duchés
57% similar
déchets vs déchus
71% similar

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

Key facts for déchets
PropertyValue
Headworddéchets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ʃɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,400
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déchets »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).déchetsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dizaine » (#3,399), « dépasse » (#3,401), « diversité » (#3,398). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déchets » est au #3,400. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around déchets (IPA \de.ʃɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,400 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de déchet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for déchets, with forms such as "dcéhets", "ddéchets", and "dechets". 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. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "décret", "duchés", "déchus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 déchets, spelled D-É-C-H-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de déchet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On verse sur le tas ou dans le composteur tous les déchets végétaux du jardin en évitant le branchage d'un trop gros diamètre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcéhets
  • ddéchets
  • dechets
  • décchets
  • décehts
  • déchest
  • déchetss
  • déchetts
  • déchhets
  • déchtes
  • déhcets
  • édchets

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dcéhets2ddéchets1dechets1décchets1décehts2déchest2déchetss1déchetts1
Edit distance from "déchets"

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 "déchets"?
"déchets" is spelled D-É-C-H-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ʃɛ\.
What does "déchets" mean?
As a noun, "déchets" means: Pluriel de déchet.
What words are commonly confused with "déchets"?
"déchets" is commonly confused with "décret", "duchés", "déchus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déchets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déchets" is \de.ʃɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déchets" come from?
"déchets" 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 "déchets", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dépasse#3,401dizaine#3,399chapeau#3,390Maurice#3,411

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

réfugiés12 variantsanimation12 variantsépisodes12 variantssecteurs12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list