désertes

\de.zɛʁt\

/\de.zɛʁt\/ adj

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The verdict

“désertes” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,300. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,300
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif désert.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desertes · désertes · French

désertes · rank #37,300 · 13 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,300
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dérogatoire

Nearest frequency peer: dérogatoire (-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 « désertes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « désertes » 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).

désertes vs déserts
88% similar
désertes vs désires
75% similar
désertes vs desserts
63% similar

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

Key facts for désertes
PropertyValue
Headworddésertes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.zɛʁt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,300
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « désertes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.désertesse 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 « dérogatoire » (#37,299), « désires » (#37,301), « dérobée » (#37,298). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « désertes » est au #37,300. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around désertes (IPA \de.zɛʁt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,300 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif désert.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for désertes, with forms such as "ddésertes", "desertes", and "dséertes". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "déserts", "désires", "desserts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 désertes, spelled D-É-S-E-R-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif désert.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddésertes
  • desertes
  • dséertes
  • déesrtes
  • déserets
  • déserrtes
  • désertess
  • désertse
  • déserttes
  • désetres
  • désretes
  • déssertes
  • édsertes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of désertes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddésertes1desertes1dséertes2déesrtes2déserets2déserrtes1désertess1désertse2
Edit distance from "désertes"

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 "désertes"?
"désertes" is spelled D-É-S-E-R-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zɛʁt\.
What does "désertes" mean?
As an adjective, "désertes" means: Féminin pluriel de l’adjectif désert.
What words are commonly confused with "désertes"?
"désertes" is commonly confused with "déserts", "désires", "desserts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "désertes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désertes" is \de.zɛʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désertes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

emmènera#37,309déclinée#37,289encodage#37,311enseveli#37,314

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

effectives13 variantsdéchaînée13 variantsdubitatif13 variantsentraient13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list