déplorable
\de.plɔ.ʁabl\
The verdict
“déplorable” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,865. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,865
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Digne qu'on pleure sur son sort ; digne de pitié.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deplorable · déplorable · French
déplorable · rank #15,865 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #15,865
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dépendra
Nearest frequency peer: dépendra (-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 « déplorable »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- démolir
démolir
84,140 corpus weight
- démonstrati…
démonstrations
84,139 corpus weight
- dénouement
dénouement
84,138 corpus weight
- dépendra
dépendra
84,137 corpus weight
- déplorable
déplorable
84,136 corpus weight
- edge
edge
84,133 corpus weight
What this shows « déplorable » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | déplorable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.plɔ.ʁabl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déplorable »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around déplorable (IPA \de.plɔ.ʁabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,865 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for déplorable, with forms such as "ddéplorable", "deplorable", and "dpélorable". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "déplorables", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 déplorable, spelled D-É-P-L-O-R-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Digne qu'on pleure sur son sort ; digne de pitié.
- 2Qui mérite d’être déploré, en parlant des choses.
- 3Qui est très mauvais.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déplorable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous voyez devant vous un prince déplorable.
Semblable au déplorable malade d’Edgar Poë, Durtal entendait avec terreur des frôlements de pas dans les escaliers, des cris plaintifs derrière les portes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddéplorable
- deplorable
- dpélorable
- délporable
- dépllorable
- déploarble
- déplorabble
- déplorabel
- déplorablle
- déploralbe
- déplorbale
- déplorrable
- déplroable
- dépolrable
- dépplorable
- édplorable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déplorable - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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