déforme

\de.fɔʁm\

/\de.fɔʁm\/ noun

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The verdict

“déforme” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,576
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Baisse de forme ou de moral.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deforme · déforme · French

déforme · rank #30,576 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,576
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH défendra

Nearest frequency peer: défendra (-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 « déforme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « déforme » 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).

déforme vs dorme
71% similar
déforme vs derme
57% similar
déforme vs dévore
71% similar

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

Key facts for déforme
PropertyValue
Headworddéforme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.fɔʁm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,576
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déforme »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).déformese 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 « défendra » (#30,575), « déformée » (#30,577), « défendons » (#30,574). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déforme » est au #30,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around déforme (IPA \de.fɔʁm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,576 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for déforme, with forms such as "ddéforme", "deforme", and "dféorme". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "dorme", "derme", "dévore", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 déforme, spelled D-É-F-O-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Baisse de forme ou de moral.
  2. 2
    Opération qui consiste à donner au cuir des chaussures le fini définitif par lustrage (éventuellement à chaud), ponçage, teinte des talons, etc.
  3. 3
    Produit utiliser pour teindre la tranche des cuirs de la semelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avec un peu de chance, il allait tomber pile, le mec Ralph, pour choper Lulu au bar du Monastère, à l’heure où la déforme des michetons libère les entraîneuses de leurs servitudes.
  2. Courbé en deux, je m’élance. Et là, mon pote : the tuile, my birthday ! La scoumoune ! Pour une déforme, c’est une vraie déforme !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéforme
  • deforme
  • dféorme
  • défforme
  • défomre
  • déforem
  • déformme
  • déforrme
  • défrome
  • déofrme
  • édforme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddéforme1deforme1dféorme2défforme1défomre2déforem2déformme1déforrme1
Edit distance from "déforme"

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 "déforme"?
"déforme" is spelled D-É-F-O-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.fɔʁm\.
What does "déforme" mean?
As a noun, "déforme" means: Baisse de forme ou de moral.
What words are commonly confused with "déforme"?
"déforme" is commonly confused with "dorme", "derme", "dévore". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déforme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déforme" is \de.fɔʁm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déforme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

déguise#30,578emparés#30,585engagez#30,590Deutsch#30,559

Similar misspelling depth

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

expliqua11 variantscriaient11 variantscorsaire11 variantsfortuite11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list