desserte

\de.sɛʁt\

/\de.sɛʁt\/ noun

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The verdict

“desserte” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,417. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,417
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Meuble ou table où l’on met ce que l’on a desservi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desserte · desserte · French

desserte · rank #20,417 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,417
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH designers

Nearest frequency peer: designers (-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 « desserte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « desserte » 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).

desserte vs désuète
50% similar
desserte vs dissert
75% similar
desserte vs desserts
88% similar

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

Key facts for desserte
PropertyValue
Headworddesserte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.sɛʁt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,417
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « desserte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dessertese 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 « designers » (#20,416), « dialectique » (#20,418), « descriptif » (#20,415). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « desserte » est au #20,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around desserte (IPA \de.sɛʁt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,417 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Meuble ou table où l’on met ce que l’on a desservi.
  2. 2
    Viande, mets qu’on a desservis, qu’on a ôtés de dessus la table.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des fonctions attachées au service d’une cure, d’une chapelle, etc. S’emploie surtout en parlant du service que fait un prêtre.
  4. 4
    Fait de desservir un lieu, arrêt pour permettre la montée et descente des passagers.
  5. 5
    Transport qui dessert.
  6. 6
    Voie ou ensemble de voies permettant l’accès à une parcelle, à un massif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un play-boy à gourmette d'acier et à la prunelle jaugeuse les installa sur des poufs autour d'une petite desserte ronde.
  2. Donner la desserte aux domestiques, aux pauvres.

This word in other languages

service(English)

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.

ddesserte1desesrte2desseret2desserrte1dessertte1dessetre2dessrete2dseserte2
Edit distance from "desserte"

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 "desserte"?
"desserte" is spelled D-E-S-S-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.sɛʁt\.
What does "desserte" mean?
As a noun, "desserte" means: Meuble ou table où l’on met ce que l’on a desservi.
What words are commonly confused with "desserte"?
"desserte" is commonly confused with "désuète", "dissert", "desserts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desserte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desserte" is \de.sɛʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desserte" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

dénicher#20,429convainc#20,404déplaise#20,430entendra#20,438

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Dawson9 variantsCyrille9 variantsdurées9 variantscounty9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list