desktop
\dɛsk.ˌtɑp\
The verdict
“desktop” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #37,270 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,270
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - surface d'un bureau permettant de travailler
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desktop |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɛsk.ˌtɑp\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,270 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desktop” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for desktop is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɛsk.ˌtɑp\. Corpus data places it at rank #37,270 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for desktop, with forms such as "ddesktop", "dekstop", and "deskktop". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 desktop, spelled D-E-S-K-T-O-P.
Definition
- 1surface d'un bureau permettant de travailler
- 2bureau d'un environnement graphique, c'est-à-dire l'écran sur lequel apparaissent des icônes et des fenêtres, l'arrière-plan est souvent agrémenté d'une image.
- 3ordinateur de bureau.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddesktop,dekstop,deskktop,deskotp,desktopp,desktpo,deskttop,dessktop,destkop,dsektop,edsktop
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desktop - 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.
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.
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Using “desktop”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-S-K-T-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɛsk.ˌtɑp\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.