désagréable

\de.za.ɡʁe.abl\

/\de.za.ɡʁe.abl\/ adj

The verdict

“désagréable” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,696
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui déplaît, de quelque manière que ce soit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desagreable · désagréable · French

désagréable · rank #8,696 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,696
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH détaillée

Nearest frequency peer: détaillée (+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 « désagréable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « désagréable » 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).

désagréable vs désagréables
92% similar

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

Key facts for désagréable
PropertyValue
Headworddésagréable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.za.ɡʁe.abl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,696
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « désagréable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.désagréablese 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 « détaillée » (#8,697), « détecter » (#8,698), « déménagement » (#8,693). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « désagréable » est au #8,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around désagréable (IPA \de.za.ɡʁe.abl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,696 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui déplaît, de quelque manière que ce soit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for désagréable, with forms such as "ddésagréable", "desagreable", and "dséagréable". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "désagréables", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is désagréable, spelled D-É-S-A-G-R-É-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui déplaît, de quelque manière que ce soit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les œuvres de l’urban fantasy se caractérisent moins par une attention aux aspects déplaisants ou désagréables de la vie urbaine qu’aux aspects immoraux de la vie contemporaine, dans le prolongement des récits du roman noir mettant en scène les personnages du vice.
  2. L’opération de pourrissage qu’on appelle également schappage, offre le gros inconvénient de dégager une forte odeur forte, désagréable et tellement accentuée qu’elle se distingue à plus d’un kilomètre des usines.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddésagréable
  • desagreable
  • dséagréable
  • déasgréable
  • désaggréable
  • désagraéble
  • désagrréable
  • désagréabble
  • désagréabel
  • désagréablle
  • désagréalbe
  • désagrébale
  • désagérable
  • désargéable
  • désgaréable
  • déssagréable
  • édsagréable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddésagréable1desagreable2dséagréable2déasgréable2désaggréable1désagraéble2désagrréable1désagréabble1
Edit distance from "désagréable"

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 "désagréable"?
"désagréable" is spelled D-É-S-A-G-R-É-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.za.ɡʁe.abl\.
What does "désagréable" mean?
As an adjective, "désagréable" means: Qui déplaît, de quelque manière que ce soit.
What words are commonly confused with "désagréable"?
"désagréable" is commonly confused with "désagréables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "désagréable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désagréable" is \de.za.ɡʁe.abl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désagréable" come from?
"désagréable" 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 "désagréable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list