dénigrer
\de.ni.ɡʁe\
The verdict
“dénigrer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,186
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entacher par son langage quelqu’un dans sa réputation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-denigrer · dénigrer · French
dénigrer · rank #23,186 · 13 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,186
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH délimitation
Nearest frequency peer: délimitation (-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 « dénigrer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- découvrira
découvrira
76,818 corpus weight
- déficience
déficience
76,817 corpus weight
- délimitation
délimitation
76,816 corpus weight
- dénigrer
dénigrer
76,815 corpus weight
- dénué
dénué
76,814 corpus weight
- dépendantes
dépendantes
76,813 corpus weight
What this shows « dénigrer » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dénigrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ni.ɡʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dénigrer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around dénigrer (IPA \de.ni.ɡʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,186 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for dénigrer, with forms such as "ddénigrer", "denigrer", and "dnéigrer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "désirer", "désigner", "denier", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dénigrer, spelled D-É-N-I-G-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Entacher par son langage quelqu’un dans sa réputation.
- 2Déprécier, rabaisser une chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dénigrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais fallait-il que la calomnie, qui jamais ne prouve et qui si rarement répare ; fallait-il que des frères, toujours chéris, de qui je devais attendre plus de justice, dénigrassent un homme que les athées persécutaient, et aggravassent des douleurs qu'il consentirait à éprouver de nouveau, […].
Les soldats se résignèrent; mais ce qu'ils ne purent endurer, c'est qu'on fît courir sur sœur Marthe des bruits malveillants ; c'est qu'on dénigrât son dévouement, qu'on l'accusât d'ambition, de charlatanisme, […].
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddénigrer
- denigrer
- dnéigrer
- déingrer
- déngirer
- dénigerr
- déniggrer
- dénigrerr
- dénigrre
- dénigrrer
- dénirger
- dénnigrer
- édnigrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dénigrer - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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 (13 here; floor ≥5).