délimiter

\de.li.mi.te\

/\de.li.mi.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“délimiter” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,386
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Circonscrire dans des limites nettement déterminées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-delimiter · délimiter · French

délimiter · rank #32,386 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,386
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délaissée

Nearest frequency peer: délaissée (-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 « délimiter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « délimiter » 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).

délimiter vs délimitée
78% similar

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

Key facts for délimiter
PropertyValue
Headworddélimiter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.li.mi.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,386
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « délimiter »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « délaissée » (#32,385), « démarrent » (#32,387), « déserteurs » (#32,388). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « délimiter » est au #32,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around délimiter (IPA \de.li.mi.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,386 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Circonscrire dans des limites nettement déterminées.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for délimiter, with forms such as "ddélimiter", "delimiter", and "dléimiter". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "délimitée", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is délimiter, spelled D-É-L-I-M-I-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Circonscrire dans des limites nettement déterminées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il atteint le fossé qui délimite la Belgique et la France et, en dépit des feuilles pourries qui l'entravent, il le suit à toute allure.
  2. Le traité avait pour objectif de délimiter « les régions sous-marines » du golfe de Paria qui sépare Trinité-et-Tobago, alors colonie britannique, du Venezuela. L'accord fixait ainsi trois segments depuis les bouches du Dragon jusqu'aux bouches du Serpent. Les surfaces délimitées respectaient vaguement ce qu'aurait pu donner une ligne d’équidistance.

This word in other languages

delimit(English)abgrenzen(Deutsch)delimitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddélimiter
  • delimiter
  • dléimiter
  • déilmiter
  • déliimter
  • délimietr
  • délimiterr
  • délimitre
  • délimitter
  • délimmiter
  • délimtier
  • déllimiter
  • délmiiter
  • édlimiter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddélimiter1delimiter1dléimiter2déilmiter2déliimter2délimietr2délimiterr1délimitre2
Edit distance from "délimiter"

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 "délimiter"?
"délimiter" is spelled D-É-L-I-M-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.li.mi.te\.
What does "délimiter" mean?
As a verb, "délimiter" means: Circonscrire dans des limites nettement déterminées.
What words are commonly confused with "délimiter"?
"délimiter" is commonly confused with "délimitée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "délimiter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délimiter" is \de.li.mi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "délimiter" come from?
"délimiter" 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 "délimiter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

délaissée#32,385démarrent#32,387détachent#32,389dévoilées#32,393

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

discutons14 variantscoqueluche14 variantsgentlemen14 variantsconfiserie14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list