déminage

\de.mi.naʒ\

/\de.mi.naʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“déminage” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,480
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de déminer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deminage · déminage · French

déminage · rank #35,480 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,480
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décortiquer

Nearest frequency peer: décortiquer (-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 « déminage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « déminage » 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).

déminage vs drainage
75% similar
déminage vs démontage
78% similar
déminage vs démange
75% similar

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

Key facts for déminage
PropertyValue
Headworddéminage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.mi.naʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,480
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déminage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).déminagese 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 « décortiquer » (#35,479), « dépister » (#35,481), « déclinent » (#35,478). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déminage » est au #35,480. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around déminage (IPA \de.mi.naʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,480 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de déminer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for déminage, with forms such as "ddéminage", "deminage", and "dméinage". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "drainage", "démontage", "démange", and more, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is déminage, spelled D-É-M-I-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de déminer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans le passé, la communauté impliquée dans les activités de déminage s’intéressait surtout aux activités militaires et à un moindre degré, aux éléments sociaux qui les entouraient dans les zones où ils travaillaient.
  2. Des polémiques ont éclaté tardivement sur ces prisonniers, mais il est sûr que, comme les prisonniers de guerre français en Allemagne, ceux qui avaient la chance de travailler dans des fermes étaient mieux traités que ceux qui oeuvraient en ville ou bien sur des chantiers de déminage.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéminage
  • deminage
  • dméinage
  • déimnage
  • démiange
  • déminaeg
  • déminagge
  • démingae
  • déminnage
  • démminage
  • démniage
  • édminage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddéminage1deminage1dméinage2déimnage2démiange2déminaeg2déminagge1démingae2
Edit distance from "déminage"

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 "déminage"?
"déminage" is spelled D-É-M-I-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mi.naʒ\.
What does "déminage" mean?
As a noun, "déminage" means: Action de déminer.
What words are commonly confused with "déminage"?
"déminage" is commonly confused with "drainage", "démontage", "démange". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déminage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déminage" is \de.mi.naʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déminage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list