désarmement

\de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\

/\de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“désarmement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,433
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle on fait quitter les armes à des gens de guerre ou autres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desarmement · désarmement · French

désarmement · rank #20,433 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,433
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH désaccords

Nearest frequency peer: désaccords (-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 « désarmement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « désarmement » 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).

désarmement vs département
82% similar
désarmement vs désagrément
73% similar

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

Key facts for désarmement
PropertyValue
Headworddésarmement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,433
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « désarmement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).désarmementse 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 « désaccords » (#20,432), « désobéissance » (#20,434), « dérisoire » (#20,431). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « désarmement » est au #20,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around désarmement (IPA \de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,433 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for désarmement, with forms such as "ddésarmement", "desarmement", and "dséarmement". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "département", "désagrément", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is désarmement, spelled D-É-S-A-R-M-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on fait quitter les armes à des gens de guerre ou autres.
  2. 2
    Suppression totale ou partielle des armées permanentes.
  3. 3
    Action par laquelle on fait sauter l’épée de son adversaire.
  4. 4
    Action de désarmer une forteresse, un navire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un décret qui suivit cette résolution fit disparaître la garde nationale, au désarmement de laquelle on procéda dans toute la France, […].
  2. Les chefs d’État ne peuvent souhaiter le désarmement, qui rendrait leur fonction difficile et mal sûre, et leur ferait perdre un admirable instrument de règne. Car les nations armées se laissent conduire avec docilité. La discipline militaire les forme à l’obéissance et l’on ne craint chez elles ni insurrections, ni troubles, ni tumultes d’aucune sorte.

Antonyms

armement

This word in other languages

disarmament(English)desarme(Español)Entwaffnung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddésarmement
  • desarmement
  • dséarmement
  • déasrmement
  • désamrement
  • désaremment
  • désarmeemnt
  • désarmemennt
  • désarmementt
  • désarmemetn
  • désarmemment
  • désarmemnet
  • désarmmeent
  • désarmmement
  • désarrmement
  • désramement
  • déssarmement
  • édsarmement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddésarmement1desarmement1dséarmement2déasrmement2désamrement2désaremment2désarmeemnt2désarmemennt1
Edit distance from "désarmement"

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 "désarmement"?
"désarmement" is spelled D-É-S-A-R-M-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\.
What does "désarmement" mean?
As a noun, "désarmement" means: Action par laquelle on fait quitter les armes à des gens de guerre ou autres.
What words are commonly confused with "désarmement"?
"désarmement" is commonly confused with "département", "désagrément". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "désarmement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désarmement" is \de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désarmement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

exagération#20,439dialectique#20,418hollandaise#20,460conjonction#20,401

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

désobéissance18 variantscomprendras18 variantsamortissement18 variantsprestigieuses18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list