délier
\de.lje\
The verdict
“délier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,997. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,997
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dégager de ce qui lie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-delier · délier · French
délier · rank #44,997 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,997
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déficients
Nearest frequency peer: déficients (-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 “délier”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- décideur
décideur
55,007 corpus weight
- déclarera
déclarera
55,006 corpus weight
- déficients
déficients
55,005 corpus weight
- délier
délier
55,004 corpus weight
- démobilisat…
démobilisation
55,003 corpus weight
- déposera
déposera
55,002 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “délier” 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 | délier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.lje\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #44,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “délier” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around délier (IPA \de.lje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,997 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for délier, with forms such as "ddélier", "delier", and "dléier". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "désir", "délit", "demie", 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 délier, spelled D-É-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dégager de ce qui lie.
- 2Dénouer.
- 3Dégager d’une obligation, d’un serment, etc.
- 4Dégager des fautes, des péchés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how délier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Délier une gerbe. - Délier un fagot. - Ce paquet s’est délié.
Délier des cordons, des rubans.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddélier
- delier
- dléier
- déiler
- déleir
- délire
- déllier
- édlier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of délier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "délier", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "délier". Here's where to go from here.
- "délier" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "désir". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #44,997 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.