dénigre

Name: dénigre, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\de.niɡʁ\

/\de.niɡʁ\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“dénigre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,731
frequency rank, French: 5,307
“D” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dénigrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-denigre · dénigre · French

dénigre · rank #40,731 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

FREQ-MID #40,731
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,307
PHOTO-FINISH démontée

Nearest frequency peer: démontée (-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.

délétères

59,272
démontée

59,271
dénigre

59,270
désinvolte

59,268
détends

59,267
détentrice

59,266

What this shows « dénigre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dénigre vs Denise

43% similar

dénigre vs desire

57% similar

dénigre vs désigne

71% similar

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

Key facts for dénigre
Property	Value
Headword	dénigre
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\de.niɡʁ\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#40,731
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	10
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dénigre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dénigrese place ici:

#40,731

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « démontée » (#40,730), « délétères » (#40,729), « désinvolte » (#40,733). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dénigre » est au #40,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around dénigre (IPA \de.niɡʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,731 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dénigre, with forms such as "ddénigre", "denigre", and "dnéigre". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Denise", "desire", "désigne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 dénigre, spelled D-É-N-I-G-R-E.

Definition

1
Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dénigrer.
2
Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dénigrer.
3
Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dénigrer.
4
Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dénigrer.
5
Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de dénigrer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddénigre
denigre
dnéigre
déingre
déngire
déniger
déniggre
dénirge
dénnigre
édnigre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "dénigre"

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 "dénigre"?

"dénigre" is spelled D-É-N-I-G-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.niɡʁ\.

What does "dénigre" mean?

As a verb, "dénigre" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dénigrer.

What words are commonly confused with "dénigre"?

"dénigre" is commonly confused with "Denise", "desire", "désigne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "dénigre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dénigre" is \de.niɡʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "dénigre" come from?

"dénigre" 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 "dénigre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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