denier

\də.nje\

/\də.nje\/ noun

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The verdict

“denier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,056
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Monnaie romaine d’argent qui, jusqu’à l’an 536 de Rome, valait dix as et plus tard seize.

Corpus desk

Index FR-denier · denier · French

denier · rank #34,056 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,056
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Deneuve

Nearest frequency peer: Deneuve (-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 « denier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « denier » 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).

denier vs désir
50% similar
denier vs dense
67% similar
denier vs diner
67% similar

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

Key facts for denier
PropertyValue
Headworddenier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\də.nje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,056
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « denier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).denierse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Deneuve » (#34,055), « dessinant » (#34,057), « dattes » (#34,053). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « denier » est au #34,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around denier (IPA \də.nje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,056 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for denier, with forms such as "ddenier", "deiner", and "deneir". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "désir", "dense", "diner", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is denier, spelled D-E-N-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monnaie romaine d’argent qui, jusqu’à l’an 536 de Rome, valait dix as et plus tard seize.
  2. 2
    Ancienne monnaie française de cuivre, qui valait la douzième partie d’un sou tournois ou le tiers d’un liard.
  3. 3
    Argent.
  4. 4
    Pourcentage d’intérêt.
  5. 5
    Une des quatre enseignes d’un jeu de cartes latin, ainsi nommée parce que les cartes de cette couleur sont marquées de deniers stylisés.
  6. 6
    Ancienne unité de mesure du poids.
  7. 7
    Unité servant au titrage de l’argent ou d’autres métaux précieux ; elle correspond à la quantité d’argent fin contenu dans un lingot supposé divisé en douze parties.
  8. 8
    Ancienne unité de mesure du titrage des fils continus caractérisant leur finesse : il vaut 1/9 g/km.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Laissez-moi vous raconter mes aventures, — des aventures rares, précieuses comme les autographes de Goliath le Philistin, — je ne dis pas comme les deniers de Judas Iscariote, j’en ai tant vu dans les églises de Russie et de Galicie que je commence à croire qu’il n’a pas déjà fait une si mauvaise affaire…
  2. Le denier du onzième siècle, était d’argent, et l’argent était alors rare.

This word in other languages

denier(English)denario(Español)Heller(Deutsch)dinheiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddenier
  • deiner
  • deneir
  • denierr
  • denire
  • dennier
  • dneier
  • ednier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddenier1deiner2deneir2denierr1denire2dennier1dneier2ednier2
Edit distance from "denier"

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 "denier"?
"denier" is spelled D-E-N-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \də.nje\.
What does "denier" mean?
As a noun, "denier" means: Monnaie romaine d’argent qui, jusqu’à l’an 536 de Rome, valait dix as et plus tard seize.
What words are commonly confused with "denier"?
"denier" is commonly confused with "désir", "dense", "diner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "denier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "denier" is \də.nje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "denier" come from?
"denier" 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 "denier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dattes#34,053digère#34,059diurne#34,063croche#34,046

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

dégel8 variantsenough8 variantsclamer8 variantschong8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list