déguiser
\de.ɡi.ze\
The verdict
“déguiser” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,998. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,998
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travestir une personne de telle sorte qu’il soit difficile de la reconnaître.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deguiser · déguiser · French
déguiser · rank #18,998 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,998
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH démarquer
Nearest frequency peer: démarquer (+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 « déguiser »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- déchiffrer
déchiffrer
81,007 corpus weight
- décides
décides
81,006 corpus weight
- décidez
décidez
81,005 corpus weight
- déguiser
déguiser
81,003 corpus weight
- démarquer
démarquer
81,002 corpus weight
- désastreuse
désastreuse
81,001 corpus weight
What this shows « déguiser » 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 | déguiser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ɡi.ze\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déguiser »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around déguiser (IPA \de.ɡi.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,998 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for déguiser, with forms such as "ddéguiser", "deguiser", and "dgéuiser". 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, "déguster", "déguise", "déguisée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is déguiser, spelled D-É-G-U-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Travestir une personne de telle sorte qu’il soit difficile de la reconnaître.
- 2Cacher quelque chose sous des apparences trompeuses.
- 3Changer pour tromper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déguiser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le capitaine Mondelli part pour Bordeaux afin d'y chercher des ordres. Les Allemands ne lui donnant pas de sauf-conduit, l’intrépide officier est contraint de se déguiser […].
Le voleur, m'avez-vous dit, portait une fausse barbe; c'était Berry qui s'était ainsi déguisé afin que M. de Bernage ne le reconnût pas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddéguiser
- deguiser
- dgéuiser
- dégguiser
- dégiuser
- déguiesr
- déguiserr
- déguisre
- déguisser
- dégusier
- déugiser
- édguiser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déguiser - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).