départementale
\de.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃.tal\
The verdict
“départementale” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,157. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,157
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Route départementale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-departementale · départementale · French
départementale · rank #9,157 · 22 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,157
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 22 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH démissionner
Nearest frequency peer: démissionner (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “départementale”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- doyen
doyen
90,847 corpus weight
- Dubois
Dubois
90,846 corpus weight
- démissionner
démissionner
90,845 corpus weight
- département…
départementale
90,844 corpus weight
- départs
départs
90,843 corpus weight
- dévoiler
dévoiler
90,841 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “départementale” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | départementale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃.tal\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #9,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “départementale” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around départementale (IPA \de.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃.tal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,157 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Route départementale.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for départementale, with forms such as "ddépartementale", "departementale", and "dpéartementale". 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, "départementaux", "départementales", "départemental", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is départementale, spelled D-É-P-A-R-T-E-M-E-N-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Route départementale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how départementale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Notre jeu favori est de nous cacher dans le fossé au bord de la départementale et de bondir comme des diables de leur boîte dès que nous apercevons une voiture immatriculée 75 : « Parisiens, têtes de chien, parigots, têtes de veau ! » C'est idiot mais ça nous faisait bien rire.
Yvon, en sa qualité d'adjoint, est encore venu me bassiner avec la déviation de Virail. La départementale passe au mitan du bled. Ils ont posé un panneau, limitation à 45 km/h.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddépartementale
- departementale
- dpéartementale
- déaprtementale
- déparetmentale
- déparrtementale
- départeemntale
- départemenatle
- départemenntale
- départementael
- départementalle
- départementlae
- départementtale
- départemetnale
- départemmentale
- départemnetale
- départmeentale
- départtementale
- dépatrementale
- déppartementale
- dépratementale
- édpartementale
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of départementale - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "départementale", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "départementale". Here's where to go from here.
- "départementale" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "départementaux". View pair
- 22 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,157 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.