dérange
\de.ʁɑ̃ʒ\
The verdict
“dérange” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,674
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déranger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-derange · dérange · French
dérange · rank #3,674 · 11 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,674
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH doucement
Nearest frequency peer: doucement (-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 “dérange”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- couteau
couteau
96,330 corpus weight
- dieux
dieux
96,329 corpus weight
- doucement
doucement
96,328 corpus weight
- dérange
dérange
96,327 corpus weight
- ed
ed
96,326 corpus weight
- ferai
ferai
96,325 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dérange” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | dérange |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ʁɑ̃ʒ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “dérange” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around dérange (IPA \de.ʁɑ̃ʒ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,674 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dérange, with forms such as "ddérange", "derange", and "dréange". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dérape", "déroge", "devance", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dérange, spelled D-É-R-A-N-G-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déranger.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déranger.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de déranger.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de déranger.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de déranger.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddérange
- derange
- dréange
- déarnge
- déragne
- déraneg
- dérangge
- dérannge
- dérnage
- dérrange
- édrange
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dérange - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dérange", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "dérange". Here's where to go from here.
- "dérange" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "dérape". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,674 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.