dérapage
\de.ʁa.paʒ\
The verdict
“dérapage” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,606
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de déraper ; résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-derapage · dérapage · French
dérapage · rank #21,606 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,606
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH démarque
Nearest frequency peer: démarque (-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 « dérapage »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- dysfonction…
dysfonctionnement
78,398 corpus weight
- démarque
démarque
78,396 corpus weight
- dérapage
dérapage
78,395 corpus weight
- détend
détend
78,394 corpus weight
- dîners
dîners
78,393 corpus weight
- emballe
emballe
78,392 corpus weight
What this shows « dérapage » 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 | dérapage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ʁa.paʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #21,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dérapage »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around dérapage (IPA \de.ʁa.paʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,606 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dérapage, with forms such as "ddérapage", "derapage", and "dréapage". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dérape", "dérapages", "dérange", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dérapage, spelled D-É-R-A-P-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de déraper ; résultat de cette action.
- 2Changement inattendu ; quelque chose d’imprévu, d’inhabituel.
- 3Inflexion indésirée et/ou incontrôlée mais pouvant être habituelle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dérapage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le profil du fossé facilite la sortie de ces véhicules en tout point de la route et diminue les risques d’accidents à la suite d’un dérapage ou d’une embardée.
Mais le dérapage de l’Europe ne provient pas d'une dynamique propre à l’État, machine désincarnée. Les États ne deviennent fous que parce que les hommes qui les constitueent, les dominent ou les construisent sont largement psychotiques.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddérapage
- derapage
- dréapage
- déarpage
- déraapge
- dérapaeg
- dérapagge
- dérapgae
- dérappage
- dérpaage
- dérrapage
- édrapage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dérapage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).