désir

\de.ziʁ\

/\de.ziʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“désir” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,670. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,670
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de désirer ; résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desir · désir · French

désir · rank #2,670 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,670
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décret

Nearest frequency peer: décret (-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 « désir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « désir » 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).

désir vs dir
60% similar
désir vs DSI
0% similar
désir vs DESS
0% similar

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

Key facts for désir
PropertyValue
Headworddésir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ziʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,670
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « désir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).désirse 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 « décret » (#2,669), « déterminer » (#2,671), « disque » (#2,668). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « désir » est au #2,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around désir (IPA \de.ziʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,670 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for désir, with forms such as "ddésir", "desir", and "dséir". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dir", "DSI", "DESS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is désir, spelled D-É-S-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de désirer ; résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Pulsion charnelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rivet, pour trinquer, avait pris un verre, et sa femme servait, faisait la cuisine, apportait les plats, les enlevait, murmurant à l’oreille de chacune : — « En avez-vous à votre désir ? »
  2. J’ai toujours désir de manger… Je n’ai que du vent dans l’intérieur.

Synonyms

enviesoifsouhaitappétenceaspirationconvoitisesouhaitconcupiscence

This word in other languages

desire(English)deseo(Español)Lust(Deutsch)anseio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddésir
  • desir
  • dséir
  • déisr
  • désirr
  • désri
  • déssir
  • édsir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddésir1desir1dséir2déisr2désirr1désri2déssir1édsir2
Edit distance from "désir"

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 "désir"?
"désir" is spelled D-É-S-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ziʁ\.
What does "désir" mean?
As a noun, "désir" means: Action de désirer ; résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "désir"?
"désir" is commonly confused with "dir", "DSI", "DESS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "désir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désir" is \de.ziʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désir" come from?
"désir" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

civil#2,665Harry#2,679lourd#2,681aurez#2,658

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

disque8 variantsmorale8 variantsvoient8 variantssolide8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list