déçu
\de.sy\
The verdict
“déçu” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,752
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a éprouvé une déception, qui a subi une situation inférieure à ses attentes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decu · déçu · French
déçu · rank #3,752 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,752
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH désert
Nearest frequency peer: désert (-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 “déçu”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dommages
dommages
96,252 corpus weight
- défend
défend
96,251 corpus weight
- désert
désert
96,250 corpus weight
- déçu
déçu
96,249 corpus weight
- enjeux
enjeux
96,248 corpus weight
- enseigne
enseigne
96,247 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “déçu” 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 | déçu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.sy\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déçu” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around déçu (IPA \de.sy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,752 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for déçu, with forms such as "ddéçu", "decu", and "dçéu". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "du", "des", "duc", and more, 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 déçu, spelled D-É-Ç-U.
Definition
- 1Qui a éprouvé une déception, qui a subi une situation inférieure à ses attentes.
- 2Qui ne s’est pas réalisé.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddéçu
- decu
- dçéu
- déuç
- édçu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déçu - 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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déçu", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 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.