déplorables

\de.plɔ.ʁabl\

/\de.plɔ.ʁabl\/ adj

The verdict

“déplorables” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,795. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,795
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de déplorable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deplorables · déplorables · French

déplorables · rank #32,795 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #32,795
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH démontage

Nearest frequency peer: démontage (-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 « déplorables »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « déplorables » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

déplorables vs déplorable
91% similar

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

Key facts for déplorables
PropertyValue
Headworddéplorables
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.plɔ.ʁabl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#32,795
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déplorables »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).déplorablesse 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 « démontage » (#32,794), « désuétude » (#32,796), « démasquer » (#32,793). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déplorables » est au #32,795. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around déplorables (IPA \de.plɔ.ʁabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,795 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de déplorable.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for déplorables, with forms such as "ddéplorables", "deplorables", and "dpélorables". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "déplorable", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is déplorables, spelled D-É-P-L-O-R-A-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de déplorable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Se passer d’un acteur aussi conséquent, aussi déterminant, alors qu’il n’y a pas vraiment d’alternative, que les conditions de sécurité sont déplorables, cela revient à diminuer les chances de survie d’une population déjà au bord du gouffre », se désole Jean-François Corty, vice-président de Médecins du monde.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéplorables
  • deplorables
  • dpélorables
  • délporables
  • dépllorables
  • déploarbles
  • déplorabbles
  • déplorabels
  • déplorabless
  • déplorablles
  • déplorablse
  • déploralbes
  • déplorbales
  • déplorrables
  • déplroables
  • dépolrables
  • dépplorables
  • édplorables

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddéplorables1deplorables1dpélorables2délporables2dépllorables1déploarbles2déplorabbles1déplorabels2
Edit distance from "déplorables"

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 "déplorables"?
"déplorables" is spelled D-É-P-L-O-R-A-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.plɔ.ʁabl\.
What does "déplorables" mean?
As an adjective, "déplorables" means: Pluriel de déplorable.
What words are commonly confused with "déplorables"?
"déplorables" is commonly confused with "déplorable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déplorables"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déplorables" is \de.plɔ.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déplorables" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list