dessinent

\de.sin\

/\de.sin\/ verb

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The verdict

“dessinent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,510
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-dessinent · dessinent · French

dessinent · rank #23,510 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,510
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Danièle

Nearest frequency peer: Danièle (-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 « dessinent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dessinent » 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).

dessinent vs dessiner
78% similar
dessinent vs dessinez
78% similar
dessinent vs dissident
78% similar

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

Key facts for dessinent
PropertyValue
Headworddessinent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.sin\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,510
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dessinent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dessinentse 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 « Danièle » (#23,509), « Ding » (#23,511), « Daniels » (#23,508). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dessinent » est au #23,510. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around dessinent (IPA \de.sin\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,510 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dessinent, with forms such as "ddessinent", "desinent", and "desisnent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "dessiner", "dessinez", "dissident", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dessinent, spelled D-E-S-S-I-N-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de dessiner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddessinent
  • desinent
  • desisnent
  • dessiennt
  • dessinennt
  • dessinentt
  • dessinetn
  • dessinnent
  • dessinnet
  • dessnient
  • dsesinent
  • edssinent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dessinent - 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.

ddessinent1desinent1desisnent2dessiennt2dessinennt1dessinentt1dessinetn2dessinnent1
Edit distance from "dessinent"

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 "dessinent"?
"dessinent" is spelled D-E-S-S-I-N-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.sin\.
What does "dessinent" mean?
As a verb, "dessinent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dessiner.
What words are commonly confused with "dessinent"?
"dessinent" is commonly confused with "dessiner", "dessinez", "dissident". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dessinent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dessinent" is \de.sin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dessinent" come from?
"dessinent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

doléances#23,516dotations#23,518drastique#23,520défection#23,525

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

divisent12 variantsdébutera12 variantsdécidait12 variantsdéloyale12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list