dessertes

\de.sɛʁt\

/\de.sɛʁt\/ noun

The verdict

“dessertes” is uncommon French (frequency #51,405 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,405
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de desserte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dessertes · dessertes · French

dessertes · rank #51,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,405
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH demandions

Nearest frequency peer: demandions (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « dessertes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dessertes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dessertes
PropertyValue
Headworddessertes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.sɛʁt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,405
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dessertes » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dessertestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « demandions » (#51,404), « deer » (#51,402), « Diabaté » (#51,408). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dessertes » est au #51,405. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dessertes is uncommon French at frequency #51,405 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.sɛʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de desserte.".

dessertes has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dessertes, spelled D-E-S-S-E-R-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de 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 "dessertes"?
"dessertes" is spelled D-E-S-S-E-R-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.sɛʁt\.
What does "dessertes" mean?
As a noun, "dessertes" means: Pluriel de desserte.
How do you pronounce "dessertes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dessertes" is \de.sɛʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list