desquels

\dɛ.kɛl\

/\dɛ.kɛl\/ pron

The verdict

“desquels” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,031. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,031
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de duquel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desquels · desquels · French

desquels · rank #11,031 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,031
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH descriptions

Nearest frequency peer: descriptions (-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 « desquels »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « desquels » 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).

desquels vs disques
75% similar
desquels vs desquelles
80% similar

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

Key facts for desquels
PropertyValue
Headworddesquels
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPronoun
IPA\dɛ.kɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,031
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « desquels »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).desquelsse 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 « descriptions » (#11,030), « diabète » (#11,032), « Danielle » (#11,028). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « desquels » est au #11,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around desquels (IPA \dɛ.kɛl\), apronoun. Corpus frequency is #11,031 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de duquel.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for desquels, with forms such as "ddesquels", "deqsuels", and "desqeuls". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "disques", "desquelles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is desquels, spelled D-E-S-Q-U-E-L-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de duquel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans ces parages se sont perdus des milliers de navires, au nombre desquels on compte les vaisseaux de l’Invincible Armada.
  2. Vous seuls, pauvres ilotes de province pour qui les distances sociales sont plus longues à parcourir que pour les Parisiens aux yeux desquels elles se raccourcissent de jour en jour, vous sur qui pèsent si durement les grilles entre lesquelles chacun des différents mondes du monde s’anathématise et se dit Raca, vous seuls comprendrez le bouleversement qui…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddesquels
  • deqsuels
  • desqeuls
  • desqquels
  • desquells
  • desquelss
  • desquesl
  • desqules
  • dessquels
  • desuqels
  • dsequels
  • edsquels

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddesquels1deqsuels2desqeuls2desqquels1desquells1desquelss1desquesl2desqules2
Edit distance from "desquels"

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 "desquels"?
"desquels" is spelled D-E-S-Q-U-E-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛ.kɛl\.
What does "desquels" mean?
As a pronoun, "desquels" means: Masculin pluriel de duquel.
What words are commonly confused with "desquels"?
"desquels" is commonly confused with "disques", "desquelles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desquels"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desquels" is \dɛ.kɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desquels" come from?
"desquels" 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 "desquels", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list