décrochent
\de.kʁɔʃ\
The verdict
“décrochent” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,812. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,812
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de décrocher.
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 | décrochent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kʁɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #36,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “décrochent” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around décrochent (IPA \de.kʁɔʃ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,812 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for décrochent, with forms such as "dcérochent", "ddécrochent", and "decrochent". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "décrocher", "décroche", "décrochant", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 décrochent, spelled D-É-C-R-O-C-H-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de décrocher.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de décrocher.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dcérochent
- ddécrochent
- decrochent
- déccrochent
- décorchent
- décrcohent
- décrocchent
- décrocehnt
- décrochennt
- décrochentt
- décrochetn
- décrochhent
- décrochnet
- décrohcent
- décrrochent
- dércochent
- édcrochent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of décrochent - 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.
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Using “décrochent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-R-O-C-H-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.kʁɔʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “décrocher” - see the side-by-side comparison. décrochent vs décrocher
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.