délice
\de.lis\
The verdict
“délice” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,267. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,267
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plaisir extrême.
Corpus desk
Index FR-delice · délice · French
délice · rank #19,267 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,267
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH défilés
Nearest frequency peer: défilés (-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 « délice »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- déclenchée
déclenchée
80,738 corpus weight
- défendait
défendait
80,736 corpus weight
- défilés
défilés
80,735 corpus weight
- délice
délice
80,734 corpus weight
- dépouilleme…
dépouillement
80,733 corpus weight
- détachée
détachée
80,731 corpus weight
What this shows « délice » 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 | délice |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.lis\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « délice »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around délice (IPA \de.lis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,267 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for délice, with forms such as "ddélice", "delice", and "dléice". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dice", "délit", "demie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is délice, spelled D-É-L-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1Plaisir extrême.
- 2Chose délicieuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how délice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment résister aux délices du bortsch, la soupe nationale, sorte de pot-au-feu, additionné de chou rouge et de crème fraîche, dont les marbrures glacées de rose et de blanc rappellent la page de garde d'un vieux bouquin.
Voilà un livre qui fera les délices de tous les orchidologues en même temps que ceux des amateurs de belles photos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddélice
- delice
- dléice
- déilce
- délcie
- délicce
- déliec
- déllice
- édlice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of délice - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "délice", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).