desservie

\de.sɛʁ.vi\

/\de.sɛʁ.vi\/ verb

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The verdict

“desservie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,723. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,723
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de desservir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desservie · desservie · French

desservie · rank #29,723 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,723
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dentelles

Nearest frequency peer: dentelles (-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 « desservie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « desservie » 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).

desservie vs desservir
89% similar
desservie vs desservis
89% similar
desservie vs desservies
90% similar

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

Key facts for desservie
PropertyValue
Headworddesservie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.sɛʁ.vi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#29,723
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « desservie »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).desserviese 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 « dentelles » (#29,722), « diffus » (#29,724), « Delaware » (#29,721). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « desservie » est au #29,723. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around desservie (IPA \de.sɛʁ.vi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,723 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de desservir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for desservie, with forms such as "ddesservie", "deservie", and "desesrvie". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "desservir", "desservis", "desservies", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is desservie, spelled D-E-S-S-E-R-V-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de desservir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddesservie
  • deservie
  • desesrvie
  • desserive
  • desserrvie
  • desservei
  • desservvie
  • dessevrie
  • dessrevie
  • dseservie
  • edsservie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of desservie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddesservie1deservie1desesrvie2desserive2desserrvie1desservei2desservvie1dessevrie2
Edit distance from "desservie"

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 "desservie"?
"desservie" is spelled D-E-S-S-E-R-V-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.sɛʁ.vi\.
What does "desservie" mean?
As a verb, "desservie" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de desservir.
What words are commonly confused with "desservie"?
"desservie" is commonly confused with "desservir", "desservis", "desservies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "desservie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desservie" is \de.sɛʁ.vi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desservie" come from?
"desservie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

dentelles#29,722donnèrent#29,728contactés#29,712dégénérés#29,741

Similar misspelling depth

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

Delaware11 variantsdirigera11 variantscrétacé11 variantsdécente11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list