derrière

\dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\

/\dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\/ adv

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The verdict

“derrière” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#564
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En arrière ou du côté opposé à la face.

Corpus desk

Index FR-derriere · derrière · French

derrière · rank #564 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #564
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH états

Nearest frequency peer: états (-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 « derrière »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « derrière » 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).

derrière vs derrières
89% similar
derrière vs dernier
63% similar
derrière vs décrire
63% similar

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

Key facts for derrière
PropertyValue
Headwordderrière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#564
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « derrière »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « états » (#563), « direction » (#565), « route » (#562). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « derrière » est au #564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around derrière (IPA \dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #564 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "En arrière ou du côté opposé à la face.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for derrière, with forms such as "dderrière", "derirère", and "derière". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "derrières", "dernier", "décrire", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is derrière, spelled D-E-R-R-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    En arrière ou du côté opposé à la face.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je l’ai laissé bien loin derrière.
  2. Regarder derrière.

Antonyms

devant

This word in other languages

behind(English)detrás(Español)dahinter(Deutsch)detrás(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dderrière
  • derirère
  • derière
  • derriere
  • derrirèe
  • derrièer
  • derrièrre
  • derrèire
  • drerière
  • edrrière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of derrière - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

dderrière1derirère2derière1derriere1derrirèe2derrièer2derrièrre1derrèire2
Edit distance from "derrière"

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 "derrière"?
"derrière" is spelled D-E-R-R-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\.
What does "derrière" mean?
As an adverb, "derrière" means: En arrière ou du côté opposé à la face.
What words are commonly confused with "derrière"?
"derrière" is commonly confused with "derrières", "dernier", "décrire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "derrière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "derrière" is \dɛ.ʁjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "derrière" come from?
"derrière" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

doivent10 variantsproduit10 variantsmalgré10 variantsculture10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list