deir

/\dɛjr\/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,242

in French word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

deir is anFrenchadj. It means: Forme mutée de teir par adoucissement (t → d). Pronounced \dɛjr\. Often confused with dr and di.

Key facts for deir
PropertyValue
Headworddeir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\dɛjr\
Letters4
Frequency rank#38,242
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of deir in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for deir is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɛjr\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,242 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forme mutée de teir par adoucissement (t → d).".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for deir, with forms such as "ddeir", "deirr", and "deri". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dr", "di", "des", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is deir, spelled D-E-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme mutée de teir par adoucissement (t → d).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddeir,deirr,deri,edir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for deir

Misspelling Variants of "deir"

ddeir5deirr5deri4edir4
Misspelling Variants of "deir"

Frequency rank: #38,242 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deir"?
"deir" is spelled D-E-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛjr\.
What does "deir" mean?
As an adj, "deir" means: Forme mutée de teir par adoucissement (t → d).
What words are commonly confused with "deir"?
"deir" is commonly confused with "dr", "di", "des". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "deir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deir" is \dɛjr\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deir" come from?
"deir" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.