dégagée

\de.ɡa.ʒe\

/\de.ɡa.ʒe\/ adj

The verdict

“dégagée” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,602. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,602
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de dégagé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-degagee · dégagée · French

dégagée · rank #16,602 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,602
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 404,891
  • PHOTO-FINISH découvrant

Nearest frequency peer: découvrant (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “dégagée”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “dégagée” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

dégagée vs dégager
71% similar
dégagée vs dégaine
71% similar
dégagée vs dégagez
71% similar

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

Key facts for dégagée
PropertyValue
Headworddégagée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.ɡa.ʒe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,602
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dégagée” 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). dégagée lands here:

#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 10 spelling variants around dégagée (IPA \de.ɡa.ʒe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,602 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de dégagé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dégagée, with forms such as "ddégagée", "degagee", and "dgéagée". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "dégager", "dégaine", "dégagez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dégagée, spelled D-É-G-A-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de dégagé.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddégagée
  • degagee
  • dgéagée
  • déaggée
  • dégageé
  • dégaggée
  • dégaége
  • déggagée
  • déggaée
  • édgagée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddégagée1degagee2dgéagée2déaggée2dégageé2dégaggée1dégaége2déggagée1
Edit distance from "dégagée"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dégagée"?
"dégagée" is spelled D-É-G-A-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ɡa.ʒe\.
What does "dégagée" mean?
As an adjective, "dégagée" means: Féminin singulier de dégagé.
What words are commonly confused with "dégagée"?
"dégagée" is commonly confused with "dégager", "dégaine", "dégagez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dégagée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dégagée" is \de.ɡa.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dégagée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list