dégages

\de.ɡaʒ\

/\de.ɡaʒ\/ verb

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The verdict

“dégages” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,759. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,759
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de dégager.

Corpus desk

Index FR-degages · dégages · French

dégages · rank #39,759 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,759
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décoratives

Nearest frequency peer: décoratives (-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 « dégages »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dégages » 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).

dégages vs degas
57% similar
dégages vs degrés
43% similar
dégages vs dégâts
57% similar

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

Key facts for dégages
PropertyValue
Headworddégages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ɡaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,759
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dégages »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dégagesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « décoratives » (#39,758), « délirantes » (#39,760), « duchés » (#39,757). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dégages » est au #39,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around dégages (IPA \de.ɡaʒ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,759 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dégages, with forms such as "ddégages", "degages", and "dgéages". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "degas", "degrés", "dégâts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dégages, spelled D-É-G-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de dégager.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de dégager.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddégages
  • degages
  • dgéages
  • déagges
  • dégaegs
  • dégagess
  • dégagges
  • dégagse
  • déggaes
  • déggages
  • édgages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddégages1degages1dgéages2déagges2dégaegs2dégagess1dégagges1dégagse2
Edit distance from "dégages"

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 "dégages"?
"dégages" is spelled D-É-G-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ɡaʒ\.
What does "dégages" mean?
As a verb, "dégages" means: Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de dégager.
What words are commonly confused with "dégages"?
"dégages" is commonly confused with "degas", "degrés", "dégâts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dégages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dégages" is \de.ɡaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dégages" come from?
"dégages" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

désoler#39,770Diogène#39,748enfouie#39,778erronés#39,786

Similar misspelling depth

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

dressant11 variantsdragueur11 variantsdissuasif11 variantsdiffusait11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list