dégel
\de.ʒɛl\
The verdict
“dégel” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,070. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,070
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fonte naturelle de la glace et de la neige par l’adoucissement de la température, qui remonte au-dessus de zéro degrés Celsius.
Corpus desk
Index FR-degel · dégel · French
dégel · rank #34,070 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,070
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH défensivement
Nearest frequency peer: défensivement (-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 « dégel »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- durcit
durcit
65,935 corpus weight
- décerne
décerne
65,933 corpus weight
- défensiveme…
défensivement
65,932 corpus weight
- dégel
dégel
65,931 corpus weight
- déjeune
déjeune
65,930 corpus weight
- désengageme…
désengagement
65,928 corpus weight
What this shows « dégel » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dégel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ʒɛl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #34,070 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dégel »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around dégel (IPA \de.ʒɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,070 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for dégel, with forms such as "ddégel", "degel", and "dgéel". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "duel", "dell", "œdème", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dégel, spelled D-É-G-E-L.
Definition
- 1Fonte naturelle de la glace et de la neige par l’adoucissement de la température, qui remonte au-dessus de zéro degrés Celsius.
- 2Adoucissement de l’air.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dégel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous avons eu de cruels temps, de cruels froids, et je n’en ai pas été seulement enrhumée ; voilà le dégel, je me porte si bien […]
Les vastes plaines subissaient un dégel complet. La nappe blanche s'en allait en eau.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddégel
- degel
- dgéel
- déegl
- dégell
- déggel
- dégle
- édgel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dégel - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).