déloyal

\de.lwa.jal\

/\de.lwa.jal\/ adj

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The verdict

“déloyal” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,468. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,468
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas loyal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deloyal · déloyal · French

déloyal · rank #48,468 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #48,468
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dégringolade

Nearest frequency peer: dégringolade (-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 « déloyal »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « déloyal » 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).

déloyal vs déloyale
88% similar

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

Key facts for déloyal
PropertyValue
Headworddéloyal
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.lwa.jal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,468
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déloyal »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).déloyalse 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 « dégringolade » (#48,467), « démantelée » (#48,469), « défricher » (#48,466). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déloyal » est au #48,468. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around déloyal (IPA \de.lwa.jal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,468 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for déloyal, with forms such as "ddéloyal", "deloyal", and "dléoyal". 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, "déloyale", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is déloyal, spelled D-É-L-O-Y-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas loyal.
  2. 2
    Qui dénote un manque de bonne foi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ami, allié, associé déloyal.
  2. Ces derniers jugent déloyales les importations de tomates iraniennes.

Synonyms

illoyal

Antonyms

loyal

This word in other languages

disloyal(English)desleal(Español)illoyal(Deutsch)desleal(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéloyal
  • deloyal
  • dléoyal
  • délloyal
  • déloayl
  • déloyall
  • déloyla
  • déloyyal
  • délyoal
  • déolyal
  • édloyal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddéloyal1deloyal1dléoyal2délloyal1déloayl2déloyall1déloyla2déloyyal1
Edit distance from "déloyal"

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 "déloyal"?
"déloyal" is spelled D-É-L-O-Y-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \de.lwa.jal\.
What does "déloyal" mean?
As an adjective, "déloyal" means: Qui n’est pas loyal.
What words are commonly confused with "déloyal"?
"déloyal" is commonly confused with "déloyale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déloyal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déloyal" is \de.lwa.jal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déloyal" come from?
"déloyal" 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 "déloyal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

décousu#48,460epsilon#48,501convers#48,431exaucer#48,510

Similar misspelling depth

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

Dompierre11 variantscuisante11 variantsCrossFit11 variantsexaminez11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list