désavantage

\de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ\

/\de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“désavantage” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,995. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,995
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infériorité en quelque genre que ce soit qui empêche de réussir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desavantage · désavantage · French

désavantage · rank #20,995 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #20,995
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déroulant

Nearest frequency peer: déroulant (-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 « désavantage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « désavantage » 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).

désavantage vs davantage
82% similar

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

Key facts for désavantage
PropertyValue
Headworddésavantage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,995
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « désavantage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).désavantagese 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 « déroulant » (#20,994), « dépassait » (#20,993), « emportée » (#20,997). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « désavantage » est au #20,995. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around désavantage (IPA \de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,995 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for désavantage, with forms such as "ddésavantage", "desavantage", and "dséavantage". 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, "davantage", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is désavantage, spelled D-É-S-A-V-A-N-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Infériorité en quelque genre que ce soit qui empêche de réussir.
  2. 2
    Préjudice, dommage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était fils unique d’un homme riche, et il faut bien des années pour effacer ce désavantage, si envié par la plupart des hommes.
  2. Le crépuscule a partout la même transparence: on ne peut deviner de quel côté s'est couché le soleil, et l'armée française, qui sait si mal s'orienter, n'en a point ce soir le désavantage.

Synonyms

inconvénient

Antonyms

avantage

This word in other languages

disadvantage(English)desventaja(Español)Nachteil(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddésavantage
  • desavantage
  • dséavantage
  • déasvantage
  • désaavntage
  • désavanatge
  • désavanntage
  • désavantaeg
  • désavantagge
  • désavantgae
  • désavanttage
  • désavatnage
  • désavnatage
  • désavvantage
  • déssavantage
  • désvaantage
  • édsavantage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddésavantage1desavantage1dséavantage2déasvantage2désaavntage2désavanatge2désavanntage1désavantaeg2
Edit distance from "désavantage"

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 "désavantage"?
"désavantage" is spelled D-É-S-A-V-A-N-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ\.
What does "désavantage" mean?
As a noun, "désavantage" means: Infériorité en quelque genre que ce soit qui empêche de réussir.
What words are commonly confused with "désavantage"?
"désavantage" is commonly confused with "davantage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "désavantage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désavantage" is \de.za.vɑ̃.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désavantage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

emprisonnés#20,998conséquente#20,969concepteurs#20,965collatéraux#20,962

Similar misspelling depth

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

artificielles17 variantsmortellement17 variantsprospection17 variantsrenoncement17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list