déclin
\de.klɛ̃\
The verdict
“déclin” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,951
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État d’une chose qui penche vers sa fin, qui arrive au terme de son cours, qui perd de sa force, de son éclat.
Corpus desk
Index FR-declin · déclin · French
déclin · rank #6,951 · 10 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,951
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH déception
Nearest frequency peer: déception (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “déclin”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- discute
discute
93,053 corpus weight
- disposent
disposent
93,052 corpus weight
- déception
déception
93,051 corpus weight
- déclin
déclin
93,050 corpus weight
- démarre
démarre
93,049 corpus weight
- exposer
exposer
93,047 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “déclin” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déclin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.klɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déclin” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around déclin (IPA \de.klɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,951 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for déclin, with forms such as "dcélin", "ddéclin", and "declin". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "délit", "devin", "degli", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is déclin, spelled D-É-C-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1État d’une chose qui penche vers sa fin, qui arrive au terme de son cours, qui perd de sa force, de son éclat.
- 2La dernière phase, le dernier quartier de la lune.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dcélin
- ddéclin
- declin
- décclin
- déciln
- déclinn
- décllin
- déclni
- délcin
- édclin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déclin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déclin", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.