desserte
\de.sɛʁt\
The verdict
“desserte” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,417 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,417
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Meuble ou table où l’on met ce que l’on a desservi.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desserte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.sɛʁt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desserte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for desserte is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.sɛʁt\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,417 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for desserte, with forms such as "ddesserte", "desesrte", and "desseret". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "désuète", "dissert", "desserts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is desserte, spelled D-E-S-S-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Meuble ou table où l’on met ce que l’on a desservi.
- 2Viande, mets qu’on a desservis, qu’on a ôtés de dessus la table.
- 3Ensemble des fonctions attachées au service d’une cure, d’une chapelle, etc. S’emploie surtout en parlant du service que fait un prêtre.
- 4Fait de desservir un lieu, arrêt pour permettre la montée et descente des passagers.
- 5Transport qui dessert.
- 6Voie ou ensemble de voies permettant l’accès à une parcelle, à un massif.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddesserte,desesrte,desseret,desserrte,dessertte,dessetre,dessrete,dseserte,edsserte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desserte - 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.
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Using “desserte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-S-S-E-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.sɛʁt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “désuète” - see the side-by-side comparison. desserte vs désuète
- 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.