dénominateur

\de.nɔ.mi.na.tœʁ\

/\de.nɔ.mi.na.tœʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“dénominateur” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,745
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui dénomine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-denominateur · dénominateur · French

dénominateur · rank #29,745 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #29,745
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délétère

Nearest frequency peer: délétère (-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 « dénominateur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dénominateur » 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).

dénominateur vs dominateur
83% similar

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

Key facts for dénominateur
PropertyValue
Headworddénominateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.nɔ.mi.na.tœʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#29,745
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dénominateur »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « délétère » (#29,744), « dérangerait » (#29,746), « délocalisation » (#29,743). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dénominateur » est au #29,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around dénominateur (IPA \de.nɔ.mi.na.tœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,745 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui dénomine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for dénominateur, with forms such as "ddénominateur", "denominateur", and "dnéominateur". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "dominateur", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dénominateur, spelled D-É-N-O-M-I-N-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui dénomine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. en tous les cas, je reste un Je, qui définit l’extériorité à partir de l’intériorité, la transcendance à partir de l’immanence, ce qu’il vise à partir de sa visée dénominatrice donc – dominatrice.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddénominateur
  • denominateur
  • dnéominateur
  • dénmoinateur
  • dénnominateur
  • dénoimnateur
  • dénomianteur
  • dénominaetur
  • dénominateru
  • dénominateurr
  • dénominatteur
  • dénominatuer
  • dénominnateur
  • dénomintaeur
  • dénomminateur
  • dénomniateur
  • déonminateur
  • édnominateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddénominateur1denominateur1dnéominateur2dénmoinateur2dénnominateur1dénoimnateur2dénomianteur2dénominaetur2
Edit distance from "dénominateur"

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 "dénominateur"?
"dénominateur" is spelled D-É-N-O-M-I-N-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.nɔ.mi.na.tœʁ\.
What does "dénominateur" mean?
As an adjective, "dénominateur" means: Qui dénomine.
What words are commonly confused with "dénominateur"?
"dénominateur" is commonly confused with "dominateur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dénominateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dénominateur" is \de.nɔ.mi.na.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dénominateur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dénominateur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list