dessin

\de.sɛ̃\

/\de.sɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“dessin” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,117
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Représentation d’objets, de personnages, de paysages, etc. sur une surface à l’aide d’un crayon, à la plume, au pinceau ou par tout autre instrument.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dessin · dessin · French

dessin · rank #2,117 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,117
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Daniel

Nearest frequency peer: Daniel (-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 « dessin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dessin » 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).

dessin vs devin
67% similar
dessin vs dessus
67% similar
dessin vs destin
83% similar

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

Key facts for dessin
PropertyValue
Headworddessin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.sɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,117
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dessin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dessinse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Daniel » (#2,116), « duc » (#2,118), « contient » (#2,115). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dessin » est au #2,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around dessin (IPA \de.sɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,117 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dessin, with forms such as "ddessin", "desin", and "desisn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "devin", "dessus", "destin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dessin, spelled D-E-S-S-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Représentation d’objets, de personnages, de paysages, etc. sur une surface à l’aide d’un crayon, à la plume, au pinceau ou par tout autre instrument.
  2. 2
    Motif fantaisie, plus ou moins varié qu’on applique sur divers objets, et principalement sur les étoffes, pour les orner.
  3. 3
    Art qui enseigne à bien dessiner.
  4. 4
    Délinéation, contourage des figures. Dessin technique.
  5. 5
    Plan d’un bâtiment, d’un parc, d’un jardin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le dessin n’est pas la forme, il est la manière de voir la forme.
  2. Cependant il faut éviter la caricature de la créativité : des élèves sollicités avec trop d'insistance pour qu'ils fassent des dessins « libres » répètent inlassablement le même dessin , parfois totalement inesthétique.

Synonyms

crayonfusainpastelpierre noiresanguinesépia

This word in other languages

drawing(English)dibujo(Español)Zeichnung(Deutsch)desenho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddessin
  • desin
  • desisn
  • dessinn
  • dessni
  • dsesin
  • edssin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddessin1desin1desisn2dessinn1dessni2dsesin2edssin2
Edit distance from "dessin"

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 "dessin"?
"dessin" is spelled D-E-S-S-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \de.sɛ̃\.
What does "dessin" mean?
As a noun, "dessin" means: Représentation d’objets, de personnages, de paysages, etc. sur une surface à l’aide d’un crayon, à la plume, au pinceau ou par tout autre instrument.
What words are commonly confused with "dessin"?
"dessin" is commonly confused with "devin", "dessus", "destin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dessin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dessin" is \de.sɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dessin" come from?
"dessin" 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 "dessin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Daniel#2,116blessé#2,113nation#2,138oeuvre#2,139

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

finit7 variantstours7 variantsJames7 variantsrares7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list