désengagement

\de.zɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃\

/\de.zɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“désengagement” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,073. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,073
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
21
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de désengager, de se désengager.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desengagement · désengagement · French

désengagement · rank #34,073 · 21 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #34,073
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH désuet

Nearest frequency peer: désuet (+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 « désengagement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « désengagement » 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).

désengagement vs déménagement
77% similar

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

Key facts for désengagement
PropertyValue
Headworddésengagement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.zɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#34,073
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « désengagement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).désengagementse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « désuet » (#34,074), « déjeune » (#34,071), « détenant » (#34,075). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « désengagement » est au #34,073. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around désengagement (IPA \de.zɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,073 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for désengagement, with forms such as "ddésengagement", "desengagement", and "dséengagement". 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, "déménagement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is désengagement, spelled D-É-S-E-N-G-A-G-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de désengager, de se désengager.
  2. 2
    Action de sortir d'un groupe ayant une grande emprise, par exemple dans le monde du crime organisé ou de l'islamisme.
  3. 3
    Résultat de cette action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le creusement des inégalités entre les territoires, notamment par la politique de désengagement de la puissance publique et le transfert de compétences sans compensations financières.
  2. Il n'est pas facile de sortir d'un groupe, quel qu'il soit. Une aide extérieure, particulièrement de la famille, est essentielle pour un jeune qui souhaite entamer un processus de désengagement.

Antonyms

engagement

This word in other languages

disengagement(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddésengagement
  • desengagement
  • dséengagement
  • déesngagement
  • désegnagement
  • désenaggement
  • désengaegment
  • désengageemnt
  • désengagemennt
  • désengagementt
  • désengagemetn
  • désengagemment
  • désengagemnet
  • désengaggement
  • désengagmeent
  • désenggaement
  • désenggagement
  • désenngagement
  • désnegagement
  • déssengagement
  • édsengagement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddésengagement1desengagement1dséengagement2déesngagement2désegnagement2désenaggement2désengaegment2désengageemnt2
Edit distance from "désengagement"

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 "désengagement"?
"désengagement" is spelled D-É-S-E-N-G-A-G-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃\.
What does "désengagement" mean?
As a noun, "désengagement" means: Action de désengager, de se désengager.
What words are commonly confused with "désengagement"?
"désengagement" is commonly confused with "déménagement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "désengagement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désengagement" is \de.zɑ̃.ɡaʒ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désengagement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

défensivement#34,069contreparties#34,035consciencieux#34,032infructueuses#34,136

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

informaticiens21 variantsmanufacturière21 variantsprésentateurs21 variantscorrespondaient21 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list