dessine

\de.sin\

/\de.sin\/ verb

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The verdict

“dessine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,227. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,227
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dessine · dessine · French

dessine · rank #8,227 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,227
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cécile

Nearest frequency peer: Cécile (-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 « dessine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dessine » 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).

dessine vs destin
71% similar
dessine vs devine
71% similar
dessine vs destiné
71% similar

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

Key facts for dessine
PropertyValue
Headworddessine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.sin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,227
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dessine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dessinese 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 « Cécile » (#8,226), « directs » (#8,228), « cup » (#8,225). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dessine » est au #8,227. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around dessine (IPA \de.sin\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,227 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for dessine, with forms such as "ddessine", "desine", and "desisne". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "destin", "devine", "destiné", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dessine, spelled D-E-S-S-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dessiner.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de dessiner.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de dessiner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si maintenant je vous dessine ou, mieux, vous pomme-de-terrise la colonie Nᵒ 7 telle qu’elle était structurée avant cet accord, vous visualiserez instantanément qu’à l’époque il n'y avait qu’une seule tête de nœud : le directeur.
  2. Installé devant la table, près de la fenêtre, il feuillette des albums, il lit, il dessine, il peinturlure, il fait des devoirs d’écolier, mais aussi il rêvasse beaucoup.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddessine
  • desine
  • desisne
  • dessien
  • dessinne
  • dessnie
  • dsesine
  • edssine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dessine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddessine1desine1desisne2dessien2dessinne1dessnie2dsesine2edssine2
Edit distance from "dessine"

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 "dessine"?
"dessine" is spelled D-E-S-S-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.sin\.
What does "dessine" mean?
As a verb, "dessine" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner.
What words are commonly confused with "dessine"?
"dessine" is commonly confused with "destin", "devine", "destiné". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dessine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dessine" is \de.sin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dessine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

directs#8,228dixième#8,229cousins#8,222entrain#8,238

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

laissée8 variantsLucien8 variantsmodule8 variantsvisuel8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list