desktop

\dɛsk.ˌtɑp\

/\dɛsk.ˌtɑp\/ noun

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The verdict

“desktop” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,270. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,270
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - surface d'un bureau permettant de travailler

Corpus desk

Index FR-desktop · desktop · French

desktop · rank #37,270 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,270
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH descendit

Nearest frequency peer: descendit (-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 « desktop »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « desktop » 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 desktop
PropertyValue
Headworddesktop
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛsk.ˌtɑp\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,270
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « desktop »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.desktopse 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 « descendit » (#37,269), « dharma » (#37,271), « célébrés » (#37,268). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « desktop » est au #37,270. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around desktop (IPA \dɛsk.ˌtɑp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,270 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    surface d'un bureau permettant de travailler
  2. 2
    bureau 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.
  3. 3
    ordinateur de bureau.

Synonyms

desktop computer

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.

ddesktop1dekstop2deskktop1deskotp2desktopp1desktpo2deskttop1dessktop1
Edit distance from "desktop"

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 "desktop"?
"desktop" is spelled D-E-S-K-T-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛsk.ˌtɑp\.
What does "desktop" mean?
As a noun, "desktop" means: surface d'un bureau permettant de travailler
What are common misspellings of "desktop"?
Common misspellings include "ddesktop", "dekstop", "deskktop", "deskotp", "desktopp". The correct spelling is "desktop".
How do you pronounce "desktop"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desktop" is \dɛsk.ˌtɑp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desktop" come from?
"desktop" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cultura#37,264cuiller#37,263croisez#37,261Douvres#37,280

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

décéder11 variantscordiale11 variantsdéjanté11 variantsdésires11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list