dernières

\dɛʁ.njɛʁ\

/\dɛʁ.njɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“dernières” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #936. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#936
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de dernier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dernieres · dernières · French

dernières · rank #936 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #936
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dehors

Nearest frequency peer: dehors (-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 « dernières »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dernières » 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).

dernières vs derrière
78% similar
dernières vs derniers
78% similar
dernières vs derrières
89% similar

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

Key facts for dernières
PropertyValue
Headworddernières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dɛʁ.njɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#936
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dernières »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dernièresse 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 « dehors » (#935), « devenu » (#937), « critique » (#934). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dernières » est au #936. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around dernières (IPA \dɛʁ.njɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #936 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de dernier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for dernières, with forms such as "ddernières", "denrières", and "derinères". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "derrière", "derniers", "derrières", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dernières, spelled D-E-R-N-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de dernier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Préprogrammer des messages, obtenir un GIF, partager automatiquement ses dernières photos…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddernières
  • denrières
  • derinères
  • dernieres
  • dernirèes
  • dernièers
  • dernièress
  • dernièrres
  • dernièrse
  • dernnières
  • dernèires
  • derrnières
  • drenières
  • edrnières

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dernières - 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.

ddernières1denrières2derinères2dernieres1dernirèes2dernièers2dernièress1dernièrres1
Edit distance from "dernières"

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 "dernières"?
"dernières" is spelled D-E-R-N-I-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛʁ.njɛʁ\.
What does "dernières" mean?
As an adjective, "dernières" means: Féminin pluriel de dernier.
What words are commonly confused with "dernières"?
"dernières" is commonly confused with "derrière", "derniers", "derrières". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dernières"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dernières" is \dɛʁ.njɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dernières" come from?
"dernières" 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 "dernières", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list