défauts

\de.fo\

/\de.fo\/ noun

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The verdict

“défauts” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,124
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de défaut.

Corpus desk

Index FR-defauts · défauts · French

défauts · rank #5,124 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,124
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH district

Nearest frequency peer: district (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « défauts »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « défauts » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

défauts vs dégâts
57% similar
défauts vs départs
71% similar
défauts vs défunts
71% similar

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

Key facts for défauts
PropertyValue
Headworddéfauts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.fo\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,124
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « défauts »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.défautsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « district » (#5,123), « déficit » (#5,125), « devint » (#5,122). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « défauts » est au #5,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around défauts (IPA \de.fo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,124 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de défaut.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for défauts, with forms such as "ddéfauts", "defauts", and "dféauts". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "dégâts", "départs", "défunts", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is défauts, spelled D-É-F-A-U-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de défaut.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how défauts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les défauts tendent à décanaliser les particules, soit par pur effet d’obstruction (défaut d’empilement) soit par effet de distorsion (dislocation).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéfauts
  • defauts
  • dféauts
  • déafuts
  • défatus
  • défaust
  • défautss
  • défautts
  • déffauts
  • défuats
  • édfauts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddéfauts1defauts1dféauts2déafuts2défatus2défaust2défautss1défautts1
Edit distance from "défauts"

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 "défauts"?
"défauts" is spelled D-É-F-A-U-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.fo\.
What does "défauts" mean?
As a noun, "défauts" means: Pluriel de défaut.
What words are commonly confused with "défauts"?
"défauts" is commonly confused with "dégâts", "départs", "défunts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "défauts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "défauts" is \de.fo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "défauts" come from?
"défauts" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "défauts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déficit#5,125entrées#5,128fragile#5,134Gabriel#5,136

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

connaitre11 variantsgravité11 variantsCameroun11 variantsimmeubles11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list