dérailler

\de.ʁɑ.je\

/\de.ʁɑ.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“dérailler” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,913. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,913
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sortir des rails.

Corpus desk

Index FR-derailler · dérailler · French

dérailler · rank #35,913 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,913
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH démolis

Nearest frequency peer: démolis (-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 « dérailler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dérailler » 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).

dérailler vs détaille
78% similar
dérailler vs détaillée
67% similar
dérailler vs détaillés
67% similar

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

Key facts for dérailler
PropertyValue
Headworddérailler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ʁɑ.je\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,913
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dérailler »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).déraillerse 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 « démolis » (#35,912), « désapprobation » (#35,914), « désistement » (#35,915). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dérailler » est au #35,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around dérailler (IPA \de.ʁɑ.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,913 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dérailler, with forms such as "ddérailler", "derailler", and "dréailler". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "détaille", "détaillée", "détaillés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dérailler, spelled D-É-R-A-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sortir des rails.
  2. 2
    Sortir des roues dentées, en parlant de la chaîne d’un vélo.
  3. 3
    Être victime de cette panne, en parlant du vélo ou du cycliste.
  4. 4
    Ne pas fonctionner correctement.
  5. 5
    S’engager dans l’erreur, mal raisonner, divaguer, dévier du sens commun.
  6. 6
    Stopper brusquement, tout remettre en question, en parlant d’un projet, d’une entreprise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le train dérailla et plusieurs wagons furent renversés sur la voie.
  2. J’ai remis en place ma chaîne qui avait déraillé et j’ai les mains pleines de graisse.

This word in other languages

derail(English)entgleisen(Deutsch)descarrilhar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddérailler
  • derailler
  • dréailler
  • déariller
  • dérailelr
  • dérailer
  • déraillerr
  • déraillre
  • déraliler
  • dérialler
  • dérrailler
  • édrailler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dérailler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddérailler1derailler1dréailler2déariller2dérailelr2dérailer1déraillerr1déraillre2
Edit distance from "dérailler"

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 "dérailler"?
"dérailler" is spelled D-É-R-A-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ʁɑ.je\.
What does "dérailler" mean?
As a verb, "dérailler" means: Sortir des rails.
What words are commonly confused with "dérailler"?
"dérailler" is commonly confused with "détaille", "détaillée", "détaillés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dérailler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dérailler" is \de.ʁɑ.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dérailler" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

déchirant#35,907débusquer#35,906enfoncent#35,929entourait#35,930

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

détruira12 variantsdécouler12 variantsDionysos12 variantscroyante12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list