déléguer

\de.le.ɡe\

/\de.le.ɡe\/ verb

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The verdict

“déléguer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,193. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,193
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Députer, commettre, envoyer quelqu’un avec pouvoir d’agir, d’examiner, de juger, de négocier, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deleguer · déléguer · French

déléguer · rank #24,193 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,193
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délirant

Nearest frequency peer: délirant (-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 « déléguer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « déléguer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

déléguer vs déloger
75% similar
déléguer vs délégués
75% similar
déléguer vs délégué
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for déléguer
PropertyValue
Headworddéléguer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.le.ɡe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,193
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déléguer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.déléguerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « délirant » (#24,192), « déficitaire » (#24,191), « démanteler » (#24,195). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déléguer » est au #24,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around déléguer (IPA \de.le.ɡe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,193 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 déléguer, with forms such as "ddéléguer", "deleguer", and "dlééguer". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "déloger", "délégués", "délégué", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is déléguer, spelled D-É-L-É-G-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Députer, commettre, envoyer quelqu’un avec pouvoir d’agir, d’examiner, de juger, de négocier, etc.
  2. 2
    Confier.
  3. 3
    Assigner, en parlant d’un paiement, de l’acquittement d’une dette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how déléguer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Déléguer quelqu’un pour connaître de quelque chose.
  2. Le tribunal a délégué un des juges pour faire cette vérification.

This word in other languages

delegate(English)delegar(Español)delegieren(Deutsch)delegar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéléguer
  • deleguer
  • dlééguer
  • délgéuer
  • délléguer
  • délégeur
  • délégguer
  • déléguerr
  • délégure
  • déléuger
  • déélguer
  • édléguer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déléguer - 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.

ddéléguer1deleguer2dlééguer2délgéuer2délléguer1délégeur2délégguer1déléguerr1
Edit distance from "déléguer"

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 "déléguer"?
"déléguer" is spelled D-É-L-É-G-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.le.ɡe\.
What does "déléguer" mean?
As a verb, "déléguer" means: Députer, commettre, envoyer quelqu’un avec pouvoir d’agir, d’examiner, de juger, de négocier, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "déléguer"?
"déléguer" is commonly confused with "déloger", "délégués", "délégué". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déléguer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déléguer" is \de.le.ɡe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déléguer" come from?
"déléguer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déléguer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

délirant#24,192dérivées#24,201dévastée#24,203estimons#24,211

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

dépanneur12 variantsglucides12 variantsChamonix12 variantsattrayant12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list