délinquants
\de.lɛ̃.kɑ̃\
The verdict
“délinquants” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,773. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,773
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de délinquant.
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 | délinquants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.lɛ̃.kɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “délinquants” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around délinquants (IPA \de.lɛ̃.kɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,773 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de délinquant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for délinquants, with forms such as "ddélinquants", "delinquants", and "dléinquants". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "délinquant", "délinquance", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is délinquants, spelled D-É-L-I-N-Q-U-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de délinquant.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddélinquants
- delinquants
- dléinquants
- déilnquants
- délinnquants
- délinqaunts
- délinqquants
- délinquannts
- délinquanst
- délinquantss
- délinquantts
- délinquatns
- délinqunats
- délinuqants
- déliqnuants
- déllinquants
- délniquants
- édlinquants
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of délinquants - 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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Using “délinquants”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-L-I-N-Q-U-A-N-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.lɛ̃.kɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “délinquant” - see the side-by-side comparison. délinquants vs délinquant
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.