denim
\də.nim\
The verdict
“denim” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,017. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,017
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tissu utilisé pour confectionner les jeans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-denim · denim · French
denim · rank #49,017 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,017
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH DCI
Nearest frequency peer: DCI (-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 « denim »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cryptée
cryptée
50,989 corpus weight
- créditée
créditée
50,988 corpus weight
- cuillerée
cuillerée
50,987 corpus weight
- DCI
DCI
50,985 corpus weight
- denim
denim
50,984 corpus weight
- Devaux
Devaux
50,982 corpus weight
What this shows « denim » 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 | denim |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \də.nim\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,017 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « denim »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around denim (IPA \də.nim\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,017 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tissu utilisé pour confectionner les jeans.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for denim, with forms such as "ddenim", "deinm", and "denimm". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dim", "dent", "Deum", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is denim, spelled D-E-N-I-M.
Definition
- 1Tissu utilisé pour confectionner les jeans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how denim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prélavez le textile, qui tend à rétrécir au lavage, et prenez-en compte ce facteur au moment de votre achat : le retrait du denim peut être important.
Vous trouverez également des gilets sans manches et parmi les accessoires d’adorables escarpins en denim.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddenim
- deinm
- denimm
- denmi
- dennim
- dneim
- ednim
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of denim - 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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).