déplacent

\de.plas\

/\de.plas\/ verb

The verdict

“déplacent” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,251. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,251
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de déplacer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deplacent · déplacent · French

déplacent · rank #14,251 · 15 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,251
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délibération

Nearest frequency peer: délibération (-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 “déplacent”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “déplacent” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

déplacent vs déplacer
78% similar
déplacent vs déplacez
78% similar
déplacent vs déploient
78% similar

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

Key facts for déplacent
PropertyValue
Headworddéplacent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.plas\
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,251
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “déplacent” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.déplacentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « délibération » (#14,250), « décomposition » (#14,249), « désactiver » (#14,253). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around déplacent (IPA \de.plas\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,251 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for déplacent, with forms such as "ddéplacent", "deplacent", and "dpélacent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "déplacer", "déplacez", "déploient", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is déplacent, spelled D-É-P-L-A-C-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de déplacer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de déplacer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Une partie des sédiments amazoniens repris par le courant des Guyanes s’accumule en crème de vase plus ou moins fluide et forme des bancs larges de 10 à 20 km qui se déplacent le long de la côte ; le reste est surtout en suspension.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéplacent
  • deplacent
  • dpélacent
  • délpacent
  • dépalcent
  • déplaccent
  • déplacennt
  • déplacentt
  • déplacetn
  • déplacnet
  • déplaecnt
  • déplcaent
  • dépllacent
  • dépplacent
  • édplacent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déplacent - 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.

ddéplacent1deplacent1dpélacent2délpacent2dépalcent2déplaccent1déplacennt1déplacentt1
Edit distance from "déplacent"

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 "déplacent"?
"déplacent" is spelled D-É-P-L-A-C-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.plas\.
What does "déplacent" mean?
As a verb, "déplacent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de déplacer.
What words are commonly confused with "déplacent"?
"déplacent" is commonly confused with "déplacer", "déplacez", "déploient". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déplacent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déplacent" is \de.plas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déplacent" come from?
"déplacent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

What to do next

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  • "déplacent" maps to 14 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "déplacer". View pair
  • 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #14,251 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list