dénouement

\de.nu.mɑ̃\

/\de.nu.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“dénouement” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,863. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,863
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-denouement · dénouement · French

dénouement · rank #15,863 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,863
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH démonstrations

Nearest frequency peer: démonstrations (-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 « dénouement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dénouement » 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).

dénouement vs dénuement
90% similar
dénouement vs dévouement
90% similar
dénouement vs déroulement
82% similar

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

Key facts for dénouement
PropertyValue
Headworddénouement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.nu.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,863
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dénouement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dénouementse 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 « démonstrations » (#15,862), « dépendra » (#15,864), « démolir » (#15,861). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dénouement » est au #15,863. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around dénouement (IPA \de.nu.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,863 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for dénouement, with forms such as "ddénouement", "denouement", and "dnéouement". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dénuement", "dévouement", "déroulement", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dénouement, spelled D-É-N-O-U-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de dénouer.
  2. 2
    Ce qui termine une pièce de théâtre, en démêlant le nœud de l’action.
  3. 3
    Manière dont une affaire, une intrigue se termine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dénouement ingénieux, forcé, imprévu.
  2. Préparer le dénouement.

This word in other languages

denouement(English)desenlace(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddénouement
  • denouement
  • dnéouement
  • dénnouement
  • dénoeument
  • dénoueemnt
  • dénouemennt
  • dénouementt
  • dénouemetn
  • dénouemment
  • dénouemnet
  • dénoumeent
  • dénuoement
  • déonuement
  • édnouement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dénouement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddénouement1denouement1dnéouement2dénnouement1dénoeument2dénoueemnt2dénouemennt1dénouementt1
Edit distance from "dénouement"

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 "dénouement"?
"dénouement" is spelled D-É-N-O-U-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.nu.mɑ̃\.
What does "dénouement" mean?
As a noun, "dénouement" means: Action de dénouer.
What words are commonly confused with "dénouement"?
"dénouement" is commonly confused with "dénuement", "dévouement", "déroulement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dénouement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dénouement" is \de.nu.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dénouement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déplorable#15,865débarquent#15,858clandestin#15,835génériques#15,896

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

choisissant15 variantshallucinant15 variantshorizontal15 variantsinsensible15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list