désigne
\de.ziɲ\
The verdict
“désigne” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,935. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,935
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de désigner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-designe · désigne · French
désigne · rank #4,935 · 11 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,935
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH délit
Nearest frequency peer: délit (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “désigne”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dignité
dignité
95,069 corpus weight
- diminution
diminution
95,068 corpus weight
- délit
délit
95,067 corpus weight
- désigne
désigne
95,066 corpus weight
- encontre
encontre
95,065 corpus weight
- enquêtes
enquêtes
95,064 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “désigne” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désigne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ziɲ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “désigne” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around désigne (IPA \de.ziɲ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,935 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for désigne, with forms such as "ddésigne", "designe", and "dséigne". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "digne", "devine", "desire", and more, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is désigne, spelled D-É-S-I-G-N-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de désigner.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de désigner.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de désigner.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de désigner.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de désigner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how désigne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les terres en général sont froides et compactes ; les eaux pluviales s’y infiltrent lentement et les rendent fort humides pendant l’hiver et le printemps ; on les désigne, dans le pays, sous le nom de gruette et de bournais.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddésigne
- designe
- dséigne
- déisgne
- désgine
- désigen
- désiggne
- désignne
- désinge
- déssigne
- édsigne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of désigne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "désigne", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "désigne". Here's where to go from here.
- "désigne" maps to 18 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "digne". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,935 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.