dédoublement

Name: dédoublement, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\de.du.blə.mɑ̃\

/\de.du.blə.mɑ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“dédoublement” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,361
frequency rank, French: 404,891
“D” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de dédoubler ou état de ce qui est dédoublé.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dédoublement vs doublement

83% similar

dédoublement vs déroulement

83% similar

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

Key facts for dédoublement
Property	Value
Headword	dédoublement
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\de.du.blə.mɑ̃\
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#36,361
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dédoublement” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). dédoublement lands here:

#36,361

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around dédoublement (IPA \de.du.blə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,361 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for dédoublement, with forms such as "ddédoublement", "ddéoublement", and "dedoublement". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "doublement", "déroulement", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 dédoublement, spelled D-É-D-O-U-B-L-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

1
Action de dédoubler ou état de ce qui est dédoublé.
2
Division d’un ensemble en deux lots identiques.
3
Réduction d’une substance composée en deux autres substances moins composées.
4
Séparation de deux substances mélangées.
5
Incapacité du contrôleur d'un périphérique à matrice (un clavier, le plus souvent) à déterminer quelles touches sont enfoncées lorsqu'au moins trois le sont en même temps. Il en résulte soit une mauvaise décision du contrôleur (ordonnant par exemple l'affichage d'un z à la place d'une s), soit le rejet des entrées incomprises (souvent associé à un signal sonore). Ghosting.

Synonyms

ghosting

This word in other languages

resolution(English)Verdoppelung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddédoublement,ddéoublement,dedoublement,déddoublement,dédobulement,dédoubblement,dédoubelment,dédoubleemnt,dédoublemennt,dédoublementt,dédoublemetn,dédoublemment,dédoublemnet,dédoubllement,dédoublmeent,dédoulbement,déduoblement,déodublement,éddoublement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dédoublement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "dédoublement"

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 "dédoublement"?

"dédoublement" is spelled D-É-D-O-U-B-L-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.du.blə.mɑ̃\.

What does "dédoublement" mean?

As a noun, "dédoublement" means: Action de dédoubler ou état de ce qui est dédoublé.

What words are commonly confused with "dédoublement"?

"dédoublement" is commonly confused with "doublement", "déroulement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "dédoublement"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dédoublement" is \de.du.blə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "dédoublement" come from?

"dédoublement" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “dédoublement”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is D-É-D-O-U-B-L-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \de.du.blə.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “doublement” - see the side-by-side comparison. dédoublement vs doublement
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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.