désirable

\de.zi.ʁabl\

/\de.zi.ʁabl\/ adj

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The verdict

“désirable” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,986
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui mérite d’être désiré ; qui excite le désir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desirable · désirable · French

désirable · rank #25,986 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,986
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH désillusion

Nearest frequency peer: désillusion (-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 « désirable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « désirable » 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
Key facts for désirable
PropertyValue
Headworddésirable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.zi.ʁabl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,986
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « désirable »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).désirablese 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 « désillusion » (#25,985), « détournements » (#25,987), « déroulées » (#25,984). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « désirable » est au #25,986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around désirable (IPA \de.zi.ʁabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,986 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for désirable, with forms such as "ddésirable", "desirable", and "dséirable". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is désirable, spelled D-É-S-I-R-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui mérite d’être désiré ; qui excite le désir.
  2. 2
    Qui provoque à la concupiscence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il serait toutefois désirable que le constructeur étalonnât chaque instrument avec un pyrhéliomètre donnant des valeurs absolues.
  2. D’abord, les deux nouveaux venus parurent terribles, puis ils furent agréables et désirables comme des frères.

Synonyms

enviable

This word in other languages

desirable(English)deseable(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddésirable
  • desirable
  • dséirable
  • déisrable
  • désiarble
  • désirabble
  • désirabel
  • désirablle
  • désiralbe
  • désirbale
  • désirrable
  • désriable
  • déssirable
  • édsirable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddésirable1desirable1dséirable2déisrable2désiarble2désirabble1désirabel2désirablle1
Edit distance from "désirable"

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 "désirable"?
"désirable" is spelled D-É-S-I-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zi.ʁabl\.
What does "désirable" mean?
As an adjective, "désirable" means: Qui mérite d’être désiré ; qui excite le désir.
What are common misspellings of "désirable"?
Common misspellings include "ddésirable", "desirable", "dséirable", "déisrable", "désiarble". The correct spelling is "désirable".
How do you pronounce "désirable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désirable" is \de.zi.ʁabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désirable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déroulées#25,984dérapages#25,983dissocier#25,972exécutive#26,001

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

dilatation14 variantsforteresses14 variantscontrebas14 variantsconsentis14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list