dégradent
\de.ɡʁad\
The verdict
“dégradent” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,234. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,234
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dégrader.
Corpus desk
Index FR-degradent · dégradent · French
dégradent · rank #33,234 · 15 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,234
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH défiscalisati…
Nearest frequency peer: défiscalisation (-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 « dégradent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- décodeur
décodeur
66,770 corpus weight
- décore
décore
66,769 corpus weight
- défiscalisa…
défiscalisation
66,768 corpus weight
- dégradent
dégradent
66,767 corpus weight
- dépassera
dépassera
66,765 corpus weight
- déversement
déversement
66,764 corpus weight
What this shows « dégradent » 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 | dégradent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ɡʁad\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dégradent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around dégradent (IPA \de.ɡʁad\), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,234 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for dégradent, with forms such as "ddégradent", "degradent", and "dgéradent". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "dégrader", "devraient", "dégagent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dégradent, spelled D-É-G-R-A-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dégrader.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de dégrader.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddégradent
- degradent
- dgéradent
- dégardent
- déggradent
- dégraddent
- dégradennt
- dégradentt
- dégradetn
- dégradnet
- dégraednt
- dégrdaent
- dégrradent
- dérgadent
- édgradent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dégradent - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "dégradent"?
What does "dégradent" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "dégradent"?
How do you pronounce "dégradent"?
What language does "dégradent" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dégradent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).