dégradée

\de.ɡʁa.de\

/\de.ɡʁa.de\/ adj

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The verdict

“dégradée” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,948. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,948
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de dégradé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-degradee · dégradée · French

dégradée · rank #24,948 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,948
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH démonte

Nearest frequency peer: démonte (+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 « dégradée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dégradée » 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).

dégradée vs dégrader
75% similar
dégradée vs dégradent
67% similar
dégradée vs dégradées
89% similar

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

Key facts for dégradée
PropertyValue
Headworddégradée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.ɡʁa.de\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,948
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dégradée »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dégradéese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « démonte » (#24,949), « décrypter » (#24,946), « dérangement » (#24,950). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dégradée » est au #24,948. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around dégradée (IPA \de.ɡʁa.de\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,948 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de dégradé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dégradée, with forms such as "ddégradée", "degradee", and "dgéradée". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "dégrader", "dégradent", "dégradées", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dégradée, spelled D-É-G-R-A-D-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de dégradé.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddégradée
  • degradee
  • dgéradée
  • dégardée
  • déggradée
  • dégraddée
  • dégradeé
  • dégraéde
  • dégrdaée
  • dégrradée
  • dérgadée
  • édgradée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddégradée1degradee2dgéradée2dégardée2déggradée1dégraddée1dégradeé2dégraéde2
Edit distance from "dégradée"

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 "dégradée"?
"dégradée" is spelled D-É-G-R-A-D-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ɡʁa.de\.
What does "dégradée" mean?
As an adjective, "dégradée" means: Féminin singulier de dégradé.
What words are commonly confused with "dégradée"?
"dégradée" is commonly confused with "dégrader", "dégradent", "dégradées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dégradée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dégradée" is \de.ɡʁa.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dégradée" come from?
"dégradée" 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 "dégradée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

décorées#24,945désarmer#24,951encombre#24,957divorcés#24,938

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

douzaines12 variantsenfantin12 variantsdissuasion12 variantsdiscutez12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list