délivrer

\de.li.vʁe\

/\de.li.vʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“délivrer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,145. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,145
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre libre de ce qui oppresse, de ce qui fait souffrir, de ce qui incommode.

Corpus desk

Index FR-delivrer · délivrer · French

délivrer · rank #10,145 · 13 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,145
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH définitions

Nearest frequency peer: définitions (-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 « délivrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « délivrer » 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).

délivrer vs désirer
75% similar
délivrer vs dériver
75% similar
délivrer vs délivrés
75% similar

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

Key facts for délivrer
PropertyValue
Headworddélivrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.li.vʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,145
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « délivrer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).délivrerse 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 « définitions » (#10,144), « dépassant » (#10,146), « définis » (#10,143). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « délivrer » est au #10,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around délivrer (IPA \de.li.vʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,145 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for délivrer, with forms such as "ddélivrer", "delivrer", and "dléivrer". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "désirer", "dériver", "délivrés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is délivrer, spelled D-É-L-I-V-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre libre de ce qui oppresse, de ce qui fait souffrir, de ce qui incommode.
  2. 2
    Débarrasser une femme ou une femelle de l’arrière-faix, du placenta, après l’accouchement ou la mise bas.
  3. 3
    Accoucher.
  4. 4
    Livrer, mettre ou remettre entre les mains. — Note d’usage : Dans le commerce, on dit plutôt livrer.
  5. 5
    Donner un message, une sentence ; prononcer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rencontré le lieutenant Bertet. Il n’en revient pas d’être déjà en Alsace. Il n’avait pris que des cartes de Prusse et de Bavière, comme s’il s’agissait dans cette guerre de délivrer la Pologne […].
  2. On a fêté médiocrement l’anniversaire des Trois Glorieuses qui délivrèrent la France des Bourbons et amenèrent Philippe sur le trône.

This word in other languages

rescue(English)libertar(Español)erretten(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddélivrer
  • delivrer
  • dléivrer
  • déilvrer
  • délirver
  • déliverr
  • délivrerr
  • délivrre
  • délivrrer
  • délivvrer
  • déllivrer
  • délvirer
  • édlivrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of délivrer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddélivrer1delivrer1dléivrer2déilvrer2délirver2déliverr2délivrerr1délivrre2
Edit distance from "délivrer"

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 "délivrer"?
"délivrer" is spelled D-É-L-I-V-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.li.vʁe\.
What does "délivrer" mean?
As a verb, "délivrer" means: Rendre libre de ce qui oppresse, de ce qui fait souffrir, de ce qui incommode.
What words are commonly confused with "délivrer"?
"délivrer" is commonly confused with "désirer", "dériver", "délivrés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "délivrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délivrer" is \de.li.vʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "délivrer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cristaux#10,135conteste#10,129complets#10,128combattu#10,127

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

dépassant13 variantsdiplomate13 variantsethniques13 variantscéramique13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list