déranger

/\de.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,650

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

déranger is aFrenchverb. It means: Ôter une chose de son rang, de sa place ; mettre en désordre ce qui était arrangé. Pronounced \de.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\. It ranks #9,650 in French word frequency. Often confused with dernier and déroger.

Key facts for déranger
PropertyValue
Headworddéranger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,650
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of déranger in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for déranger is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,650 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for déranger, with forms such as "ddéranger", "deranger", and "dréanger". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dernier", "déroger", "déraper", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is déranger, spelled D-É-R-A-N-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ôter une chose de son rang, de sa place ; mettre en désordre ce qui était arrangé.
  2. 2
    Causer du désordre dans la disposition habituelle des meubles, des objets qui se trouvent dans un lieu.
  3. 3
    Faire que quelqu’un soit obligé de quitter sa place, de se lever de son siège, etc.
  4. 4
    Détourner quelqu’un d’une occupation, de ses affaires, etc.
  5. 5
    Faire qu’une chose n’aille plus aussi bien ; altérer ; troubler ; brouiller.
  6. 6
    Chagriner quelqu’un, le contrecarrer.
  7. 7
    Faire que la conduite de quelqu’un ne soit plus aussi réglée qu’elle l’était auparavant.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddéranger,deranger,dréanger,déarnger,déragner,déranegr,dérangerr,dérangger,dérangre,dérannger,dérnager,dérranger,édranger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for déranger

Misspelling Variants of "déranger"

ddéranger9deranger8dréanger8déarnger8déragner8déranegr8dérangerr9dérangger9
Misspelling Variants of "déranger"

Frequency rank: #9,650 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "déranger"?
"déranger" is spelled D-É-R-A-N-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\.
What does "déranger" mean?
As a verb, "déranger" means: Ôter une chose de son rang, de sa place ; mettre en désordre ce qui était arrangé.
What words are commonly confused with "déranger"?
"déranger" is commonly confused with "dernier", "déroger", "déraper". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déranger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déranger" is \de.ʁɑ̃.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déranger" come from?
"déranger" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.