déféré

\de.fe.ʁe\

/\de.fe.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“déféré” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,775
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de déférer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-defere · déféré · French

déféré · rank #37,775 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,775
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décrypte

Nearest frequency peer: décrypte (-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 « déféré »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « déféré » 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).

déféré vs degré
50% similar
déféré vs défie
50% similar
déféré vs désert
50% similar

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

Key facts for déféré
PropertyValue
Headworddéféré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.fe.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,775
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déféré »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.déférése 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 « décrypte » (#37,774), « décontractée » (#37,773), « délivrant » (#37,777). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déféré » est au #37,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around déféré (IPA \de.fe.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,775 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de déférer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for déféré, with forms such as "ddéféré", "defere", and "dfééré". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "degré", "défie", "désert", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is déféré, spelled D-É-F-É-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de déférer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Confirme l’ordonnance déférée en ce que le président du Tribunal de Commerce de Lille s’est déclaré incompétent ; »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéféré
  • defere
  • dfééré
  • défféré
  • défréé
  • déférré
  • déféér
  • dééfré
  • édféré

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déféré - 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.

ddéféré1defere3dfééré2défféré1défréé2déférré1déféér2dééfré2
Edit distance from "déféré"

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 "déféré"?
"déféré" is spelled D-É-F-É-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \de.fe.ʁe\.
What does "déféré" mean?
As a verb, "déféré" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de déférer.
What words are commonly confused with "déféré"?
"déféré" is commonly confused with "degré", "défie", "désert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déféré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déféré" is \de.fe.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déféré" come from?
"déféré" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

damier#37,756fendue#37,811fléaux#37,816foison#37,817

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

figuier9 variantsfriand9 variantsCarles9 variantsGobert9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list