déplorer
\de.plɔ.ʁe\
The verdict
“déplorer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,125
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juger quelque chose digne d’une grande pitié, d’une grande compassion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deplorer · déplorer · French
déplorer · rank #20,125 · 12 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,125
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH délibérations
Nearest frequency peer: délibérations (-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 « déplorer »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- déboires
déboires
79,880 corpus weight
- défilent
défilent
79,879 corpus weight
- déguisée
déguisée
79,878 corpus weight
- délibératio…
délibérations
79,877 corpus weight
- déplorer
déplorer
79,876 corpus weight
- détailler
détailler
79,875 corpus weight
What this shows « déplorer » 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 | déplorer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.plɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déplorer »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around déplorer (IPA \de.plɔ.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,125 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for déplorer, with forms such as "ddéplorer", "deplorer", and "dpélorer". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "déposer", "déployé", "dévorer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is déplorer, spelled D-É-P-L-O-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Juger quelque chose digne d’une grande pitié, d’une grande compassion.
- 2Regretter beaucoup.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déplorer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne suis pas venu déplorer ce malheur avec Votre Grâce sans m’être efforcé d’y trouver un remède.
Épouse Victor, ma Julie. Un jour tu déploreras amèrement sa nullité, son défaut d'ordre, son égoïsme, son indélicatesse, son ineptie en amour, et mille autres chagrins qui te viendront par lui.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddéplorer
- deplorer
- dpélorer
- délporer
- dépllorer
- déploerr
- déplorerr
- déplorrer
- déplroer
- dépolrer
- dépplorer
- édplorer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déplorer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).