départs
\de.paʁ\
The verdict
“départs” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,158. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,158
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de départ.
Corpus desk
Index FR-departs · départs · French
départs · rank #9,158 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,158
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH départementale
Nearest frequency peer: départementale (-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 “départs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- essaient
essaient
90,840 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “départs” 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 | départs |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.paʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “départs” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around départs (IPA \de.paʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,158 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de départ.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for départs, with forms such as "ddéparts", "departs", and "dpéarts". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "dépôts", "déserts", "devants", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is départs, spelled D-É-P-A-R-T-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de départ.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how départs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parmi les départs, relativement fréquents étaient donc ceux qui se faisaient, non pas en direction du domicile des intéressés, mais vers ce bâtiment pudiquement baptisé « réserve » qui, caché par un rideau d’arbres au fond du parc, faisait office de dépositoire mortuaire avant l’enlèvement des corps par les familles.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddéparts
- departs
- dpéarts
- déaprts
- déparrts
- déparst
- départss
- départts
- dépatrs
- dépparts
- déprats
- édparts
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of départs - 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.
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 "départs", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "départs". Here's where to go from here.
- "départs" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "dépôts". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,158 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.