Depardieu
\də.paʁ.djø\
The verdict
“Depardieu” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,907
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille français, connu en particulier pour Gérard Depardieu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Depardieu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \də.paʁ.djø\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #21,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Depardieu” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Depardieu (IPA \də.paʁ.djø\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #21,907 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille français, connu en particulier pour Gérard Depardieu.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Depardieu, with forms such as "ddepardieu", "deaprdieu", and "depadrieu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Depardieu, spelled D-E-P-A-R-D-I-E-U.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille français, connu en particulier pour Gérard Depardieu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddepardieu
- deaprdieu
- depadrieu
- deparddieu
- depardeiu
- depardiue
- deparideu
- deparrdieu
- deppardieu
- depradieu
- dpeardieu
- edpardieu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Depardieu - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Depardieu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-P-A-R-D-I-E-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \də.paʁ.djø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.