déjà
\de.ʒa\
The verdict
“déjà” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #122
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Indique un changement d’état ou une atteinte du critère jusqu’à présent ou jusqu’alors.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deja · déjà · French
déjà · rank #122 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #122
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH 3
Nearest frequency peer: 3 (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “déjà”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dont
dont
99,882 corpus weight
- toi
toi
99,881 corpus weight
- 3
3
99,880 corpus weight
- déjà
déjà
99,879 corpus weight
- quoi
quoi
99,878 corpus weight
- soit
soit
99,877 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “déjà” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | déjà |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \de.ʒa\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déjà” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around déjà (IPA \de.ʒa\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #122 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for déjà, with forms such as "ddéjà", "dejà", and "djéà". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "DJ", "des", "der", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is déjà, spelled D-É-J-À.
Definition
- 1Indique un changement d’état ou une atteinte du critère jusqu’à présent ou jusqu’alors.
- 2Auparavant.
- 3Utilisé quand on demande une information qu’on connaissait mais qu’on a oubliée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déjà appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le kébab doit être servi brûlant. Quand la bouche peut le tolérer, il est déjà trop froid.
– Comment, vous voilà, cher ami ? Déjà ! fit le directeur général avec un bon sourire. Déjà ! C'est presque toujours par cette irritante formule que sont accueillis les gens qui redoutent d'avoir indûment prolongé leur absence.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddéjà
- dejà
- djéà
- déjjà
- déàj
- édjà
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déjà - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déjà", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.