dénigrement

\de.ni.ɡʁə.mɑ̃\

/\de.ni.ɡʁə.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“dénigrement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,997. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,997
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-denigrement · dénigrement · French

dénigrement · rank #30,997 · 18 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,997
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délirante

Nearest frequency peer: délirante (-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 « dénigrement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dénigrement » 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).

dénigrement vs désagrément
73% similar
dénigrement vs dernièrement
75% similar
dénigrement vs déneigement
82% similar

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

Key facts for dénigrement
PropertyValue
Headworddénigrement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ni.ɡʁə.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#30,997
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dénigrement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dénigrementse 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 « délirante » (#30,996), « désinfection » (#30,998), « délaisse » (#30,995). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dénigrement » est au #30,997. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around dénigrement (IPA \de.ni.ɡʁə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,997 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de dénigrer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for dénigrement, with forms such as "ddénigrement", "denigrement", and "dnéigrement". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "désagrément", "dernièrement", "déneigement", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dénigrement, spelled D-É-N-I-G-R-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de dénigrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. …, les dires de ses gens à qui le mot fut donné, prêtaient un air de vraisemblance à ces fables grossières, auxquelles chacun crut en obéissant à l’esprit de dénigrement qui anime les commerçants les uns contre les autres.
  2. Elle ne retiendra pas plus le dénigrement disproportionné de l’homme politique auquel s'acharnèrent les gens de droite que les grotesques injures dont le suppôt de Satan fut l’objet.

Synonyms

dénigrationdévalorisation

This word in other languages

denigration(English)denigración(Español)Herabwürdigung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddénigrement
  • denigrement
  • dnéigrement
  • déingrement
  • déngirement
  • dénigerment
  • déniggrement
  • dénigreemnt
  • dénigremennt
  • dénigrementt
  • dénigremetn
  • dénigremment
  • dénigremnet
  • dénigrmeent
  • dénigrrement
  • dénirgement
  • dénnigrement
  • édnigrement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddénigrement1denigrement1dnéigrement2déingrement2déngirement2dénigerment2déniggrement1dénigreemnt2
Edit distance from "dénigrement"

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 "dénigrement"?
"dénigrement" is spelled D-É-N-I-G-R-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ni.ɡʁə.mɑ̃\.
What does "dénigrement" mean?
As a noun, "dénigrement" means: Action de dénigrer.
What words are commonly confused with "dénigrement"?
"dénigrement" is commonly confused with "désagrément", "dernièrement", "déneigement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dénigrement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dénigrement" is \de.ni.ɡʁə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dénigrement" come from?
"dénigrement" 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 "dénigrement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

défectueuse#30,993débarrassée#30,985entreposage#31,011envahissant#31,013

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

contreforts18 variantsfranchissant18 variantsconfectionner18 variantsfranchissent18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list