déesse

/\de.ɛs\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,098

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

déesse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Divinité de genre féminin. Pronounced \de.ɛs\. It ranks #8,098 in French word frequency. Often confused with DESS and dense.

Key facts for déesse
PropertyValue
Headworddéesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ɛs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,098
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of déesse in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for déesse is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.ɛs\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,098 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for déesse, with forms such as "ddéesse", "deesse", and "deésse". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "DESS", "dense", "dièse", 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is déesse, spelled D-É-E-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Divinité de genre féminin.
  2. 2
    Femme qui est d’une beauté majestueuse.
  3. 3
    Cocaïne.
  4. 4
    La Citroën DS, par homophonie de l’acronyme.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddéesse,deesse,deésse,déese,déeses,désese,édesse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for déesse

Misspelling Variants of "déesse"

ddéesse7deesse6deésse6déese5déeses6désese6édesse6
Misspelling Variants of "déesse"

Frequency rank: #8,098 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "déesse"?
"déesse" is spelled D-É-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ɛs\.
What does "déesse" mean?
As a noun, "déesse" means: Divinité de genre féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "déesse"?
"déesse" is commonly confused with "DESS", "dense", "dièse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déesse" is \de.ɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déesse" come from?
"déesse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.