Desjardins
\dɛ.ʒaʁ.dɛ̃\
The verdict
“Desjardins” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,352. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,352
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desjardins · Desjardins · French
Desjardins · rank #13,352 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,352
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH danseur
Nearest frequency peer: danseur (-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 “Desjardins”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- câlin
câlin
86,652 corpus weight
- danseur
danseur
86,650 corpus weight
- Desjardins
Desjardins
86,649 corpus weight
- devis
devis
86,648 corpus weight
- dirigeait
dirigeait
86,647 corpus weight
- dominent
dominent
86,646 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Desjardins” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Desjardins |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \dɛ.ʒaʁ.dɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Desjardins” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Desjardins (IPA \dɛ.ʒaʁ.dɛ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,352 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Desjardins, with forms such as "ddesjardins", "dejsardins", and "desajrdins". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Desjardins, spelled D-E-S-J-A-R-D-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Desjardins appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ça fait des mois que Richard Desjardins reprend la plume pour dénoncer la vision dépassée d’un ministère des Forêts qui, depuis son bunker, considère qu’un bon arbre est un arbre mort.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddesjardins
- dejsardins
- desajrdins
- desjadrins
- desjarddins
- desjardinns
- desjardinss
- desjardisn
- desjardnis
- desjaridns
- desjarrdins
- desjjardins
- desjradins
- dessjardins
- dsejardins
- edsjardins
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Desjardins - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Desjardins", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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.