dénoncer

/\de.nɔ̃.se\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,571

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

dénoncer is aFrenchverb. It means: Notifier par voie officielle ou judiciaire. Pronounced \de.nɔ̃.se\. It ranks #4,571 in French word frequency. Often confused with dénouer and devancer.

Key facts for dénoncer
PropertyValue
Headworddénoncer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.nɔ̃.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,571
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dénoncer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dénoncer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.nɔ̃.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,571 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for dénoncer, with forms such as "ddénoncer", "denoncer", and "dnéoncer". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dénouer", "devancer", "dénonce", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is dénoncer, spelled D-É-N-O-N-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Notifier par voie officielle ou judiciaire.
  2. 2
    Annoncer la fin d’un accord, d’un contrat.
  3. 3
    Signaler comme coupable.
  4. 4
    Signaler, publiquement ou non, les pratiques malhonnêtes, immorales ou illégitimes d’une personne physique ou morale.
  5. 5
    Indiquer par des indices.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddénoncer,denoncer,dnéoncer,dénnocer,dénnoncer,dénocner,dénonccer,dénoncerr,dénoncre,dénonecr,dénonncer,déonncer,édnoncer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dénoncer

Misspelling Variants of "dénoncer"

ddénoncer9denoncer8dnéoncer8dénnocer8dénnoncer9dénocner8dénonccer9dénoncerr9
Misspelling Variants of "dénoncer"

Frequency rank: #4,571 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dénoncer"?
"dénoncer" is spelled D-É-N-O-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.nɔ̃.se\.
What does "dénoncer" mean?
As a verb, "dénoncer" means: Notifier par voie officielle ou judiciaire.
What words are commonly confused with "dénoncer"?
"dénoncer" is commonly confused with "dénouer", "devancer", "dénonce". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dénoncer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dénoncer" is \de.nɔ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dénoncer" come from?
"dénoncer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.