dedans
\də.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“dedans” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,327. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,327
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À l’intérieur. Dans la place dont on vient de parler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dedans · dedans · French
dedans · rank #1,327 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,327
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH cru
Nearest frequency peer: cru (-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 “dedans”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- connaît
connaît
98,677 corpus weight
- consommation
consommation
98,676 corpus weight
- cru
cru
98,675 corpus weight
- dedans
dedans
98,674 corpus weight
- découvrir
découvrir
98,673 corpus weight
- enseignement
enseignement
98,672 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dedans” 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 | dedans |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “dedans” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around dedans (IPA \də.dɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,327 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "À l’intérieur. Dans la place dont on vient de parler.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dedans, with forms such as "ddeans", "ddedans", and "deadns". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "degas", "devant", "devons", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dedans, spelled D-E-D-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1À l’intérieur. Dans la place dont on vient de parler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dedans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a quelqu’un dedans.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeans
- ddedans
- deadns
- dedanns
- dedanss
- dedasn
- deddans
- dednas
- eddans
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dedans - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dedans", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "dedans". Here's where to go from here.
- "dedans" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "degas". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,327 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.