déguisement
\de.ɡiz.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“déguisement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,860 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,860
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de déguiser, de se déguiser.
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 | déguisement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ɡiz.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #15,860 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déguisement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for déguisement is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.ɡiz.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,860 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for déguisement, with forms such as "ddéguisement", "deguisement", and "dgéuisement". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "déguisements", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is déguisement, spelled D-É-G-U-I-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de déguiser, de se déguiser.
- 2Ce qui sert à déguiser.
- 3Fausses apparences, artifice pour cacher la vérité.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddéguisement,deguisement,dgéuisement,dégguisement,dégiusement,déguiesment,déguiseemnt,déguisemennt,déguisementt,déguisemetn,déguisemment,déguisemnet,déguismeent,déguissement,dégusiement,déugisement,édguisement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déguisement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “déguisement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-G-U-I-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.ɡiz.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “déguisements” - see the side-by-side comparison. déguisement vs déguisements
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.