délirer

\de.li.ʁe\

/\de.li.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“délirer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,817
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir le délire ; être en délire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-delirer · délirer · French

délirer · rank #36,817 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,817
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dégustations

Nearest frequency peer: dégustations (-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 « délirer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « délirer » 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).

délirer vs dévier
71% similar
délirer vs desire
57% similar
délirer vs denier
57% similar

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

Key facts for délirer
PropertyValue
Headworddélirer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.li.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,817
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « délirer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).délirerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dégustations » (#36,816), « déplorent » (#36,818), « dégageait » (#36,815). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « délirer » est au #36,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around délirer (IPA \de.li.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,817 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for délirer, with forms such as "ddélirer", "delirer", and "dléirer". 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, "dévier", "desire", "denier", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is délirer, spelled D-É-L-I-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avoir le délire ; être en délire.
  2. 2
    Avoir l'esprit qui divague.
  3. 3
    Rire ; rigoler ; s'amuser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il devait encore délirer, à moins que... mais oui, bien sûr, ce bégaiement si familier, comment avait-il pu l’oublier ?
  2. Il commençait à délirer.

This word in other languages

rave(English)delirieren(Deutsch)delirar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddélirer
  • delirer
  • dléirer
  • déilrer
  • délierr
  • délirerr
  • délirre
  • délirrer
  • déllirer
  • délrier
  • édlirer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of délirer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddélirer1delirer1dléirer2déilrer2délierr2délirerr1délirre2délirrer1
Edit distance from "délirer"

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 "délirer"?
"délirer" is spelled D-É-L-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.li.ʁe\.
What does "délirer" mean?
As a verb, "délirer" means: Avoir le délire ; être en délire.
What words are commonly confused with "délirer"?
"délirer" is commonly confused with "dévier", "desire", "denier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "délirer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délirer" is \de.li.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "délirer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

débiter#36,810drivers#36,807expédie#36,837desdits#36,792

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

enseigna11 variantsCroisette11 variantsfossoyeur11 variantsfoutaises11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list