derby

\dɛʁ.bi\

/\dɛʁ.bi\/ noun

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The verdict

“derby” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,373. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,373
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Course hippique réservée aux chevaux de trois ans.

Corpus desk

Index FR-derby · derby · French

derby · rank #8,373 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,373
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dauphin

Nearest frequency peer: dauphin (-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 « derby »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « derby » 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).

derby vs dry
60% similar
derby vs dey
60% similar
derby vs dray
60% similar

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

Key facts for derby
PropertyValue
Headwordderby
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛʁ.bi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,373
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « derby »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).derbyse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dauphin » (#8,372), « dessinée » (#8,374), « Dakar » (#8,371). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « derby » est au #8,373. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around derby (IPA \dɛʁ.bi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,373 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for derby, with forms such as "dderby", "debry", and "derbby". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "dry", "dey", "dray", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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. The correct French form is derby, spelled D-E-R-B-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Course hippique réservée aux chevaux de trois ans.
  2. 2
    Match entre deux villes proches géographiquement (ou deux équipes de la même ville).
  3. 3
    Chaussure basse ou montante dont les quartiers sont assemblés sur la claque de manière à faciliter la chausse, et se lacent sur le cou-de-pied.
  4. 4
    Voiture hippomobile légère, à quatre roues, avec un avant-train articulé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un cheval de derby, un excellent cheval de course.
  2. Le derby mancunien entre City et United a largement tourné à l’avantage des Cityzens (6-3).

This word in other languages

derby(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dderby
  • debry
  • derbby
  • derbyy
  • derrby
  • deryb
  • dreby
  • edrby

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dderby1debry2derbby1derbyy1derrby1deryb2dreby2edrby2
Edit distance from "derby"

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 "derby"?
"derby" is spelled D-E-R-B-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛʁ.bi\.
What does "derby" mean?
As a noun, "derby" means: Course hippique réservée aux chevaux de trois ans.
What words are commonly confused with "derby"?
"derby" is commonly confused with "dry", "dey", "dray". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "derby"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "derby" is \dɛʁ.bi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "derby" come from?
"derby" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dakar#8,371cross#8,369dispo#8,377divin#8,380

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

copier8 variantsconvoi8 variantschêne8 variantschauve8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list