délocaliser

\de.lɔ.ka.li.ze\

/\de.lɔ.ka.li.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“délocaliser” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,761
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enlever le caractère local.

Corpus desk

Index FR-delocaliser · délocaliser · French

délocaliser · rank #39,761 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #39,761
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délirantes

Nearest frequency peer: délirantes (-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 « délocaliser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « délocaliser » 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).

délocaliser vs délocalisé
82% similar

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

Key facts for délocaliser
PropertyValue
Headworddélocaliser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.lɔ.ka.li.ze\
Letters11
Frequency rank#39,761
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « délocaliser »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).délocaliserse 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 « délirantes » (#39,760), « démonstratif » (#39,762), « dégages » (#39,759). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « délocaliser » est au #39,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around délocaliser (IPA \de.lɔ.ka.li.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,761 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for délocaliser, with forms such as "ddélocaliser", "delocaliser", and "dléocaliser". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "délocalisé", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is délocaliser, spelled D-É-L-O-C-A-L-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enlever le caractère local.
  2. 2
    Déplacer une entreprise d'un pays vers un autre pour profiter d'une main d'œuvre moins coûteuse et réduire les coûts de production.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Qu'est-ce qui perturbe, en priorité les intelligences, […] ; l'angoisse suscitée par une mondialisation qui délocalise le travail en même temps qu'elle désidentitarise les travailleurs ; […].

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddélocaliser
  • delocaliser
  • dléocaliser
  • délcoaliser
  • déllocaliser
  • déloacliser
  • délocailser
  • délocaliesr
  • délocaliserr
  • délocalisre
  • délocalisser
  • délocalliser
  • délocalsier
  • déloccaliser
  • déloclaiser
  • déolcaliser
  • édlocaliser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddélocaliser1delocaliser1dléocaliser2délcoaliser2déllocaliser1déloacliser2délocailser2délocaliesr2
Edit distance from "délocaliser"

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 "délocaliser"?
"délocaliser" is spelled D-É-L-O-C-A-L-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.lɔ.ka.li.ze\.
What does "délocaliser" mean?
As a verb, "délocaliser" means: Enlever le caractère local.
What words are commonly confused with "délocaliser"?
"délocaliser" is commonly confused with "délocalisé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "délocaliser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délocaliser" is \de.lɔ.ka.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "délocaliser" come from?
"délocaliser" 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 "délocaliser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list