declare

[dɪˈkleər]

/[dɪˈkleər]/ verb

The verdict

“declare” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,591. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,591
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-declare · declare · French

declare · rank #49,591 · 10 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,591
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH céphalées

Nearest frequency peer: céphalées (-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 « declare »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « declare » 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).

declare vs décore
57% similar
declare vs décrire
57% similar
declare vs déplacé
43% similar

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

Key facts for declare
PropertyValue
Headworddeclare
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA[dɪˈkleər]
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,591
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « declare »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.declarese 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 « céphalées » (#49,590), « demanderez » (#49,592), « cédille » (#49,589). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « declare » est au #49,591. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around declare (IPA [dɪˈkleər]), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,591 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for declare, with forms such as "dcelare", "ddeclare", and "decalre". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "décore", "décrire", "déplacé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is declare, spelled D-E-C-L-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déclarer.
  2. 2
    Déclarer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcelare
  • ddeclare
  • decalre
  • decclare
  • declaer
  • declarre
  • decllare
  • declrae
  • delcare
  • edclare

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dcelare2ddeclare1decalre2decclare1declaer2declarre1decllare1declrae2
Edit distance from "declare"

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 "declare"?
"declare" is spelled D-E-C-L-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dɪˈkleər].
What does "declare" mean?
As a verb, "declare" means: Déclarer.
What words are commonly confused with "declare"?
"declare" is commonly confused with "décore", "décrire", "déplacé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "declare"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "declare" is [dɪˈkleər]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "declare" come from?
"declare" 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 "declare", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list