dénicher
\de.ni.ʃe\
The verdict
“dénicher” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,429 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #20,429
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ôter du nid.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dénicher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ni.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dénicher” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dénicher is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.ni.ʃe\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,429 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for dénicher, with forms such as "ddénicher", "denicher", and "dnéicher". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "denier", "détacher", "dénigrer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dénicher, spelled D-É-N-I-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ôter du nid.
- 2Trouver, découvrir en faisant preuve d'à-propos ou de pertinence.
- 3Forcer quelqu’un à quitter l’endroit où il s’est caché.
- 4Il se dit dans un sens analogue, en parlant des choses.
- 5Retirer de sa niche.
- 6Abandonner le nid.
- 7S’évader, se retirer avec précipitation de quelque lieu.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddénicher,denicher,dnéicher,déincher,dénciher,déniccher,dénicehr,dénicherr,dénichher,dénichre,dénihcer,dénnicher,édnicher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dénicher - 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.
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.
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Using “dénicher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-N-I-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.ni.ʃe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “denier” - see the side-by-side comparison. dénicher vs denier
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.