destin

\dɛs.tɛ̃\

/\dɛs.tɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“destin” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,396. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,396
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Puissance mystérieuse à qui les anciens attribuaient le pouvoir de déterminer d’avance et d’une façon irrévocable la suite des événements.

Corpus desk

Index FR-destin · destin · French

destin · rank #3,396 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,396
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH côtes

Nearest frequency peer: côtes (-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 « destin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « destin » 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).

destin vs devin
67% similar
destin vs Dustin
67% similar
destin vs destiné
86% similar

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

Key facts for destin
PropertyValue
Headworddestin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛs.tɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,396
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « destin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).destinse 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 « côtes » (#3,395), « discussions » (#3,397), « créée » (#3,394). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « destin » est au #3,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around destin (IPA \dɛs.tɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,396 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for destin, with forms such as "ddestin", "desitn", and "desstin". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "devin", "Dustin", "destiné", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is destin, spelled D-E-S-T-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Puissance mystérieuse à qui les anciens attribuaient le pouvoir de déterminer d’avance et d’une façon irrévocable la suite des événements.
  2. 2
    Sort d’une personne ou d’une chose, en tant qu’il résulte de forces extérieures invincibles ; ce qui arrive aux personnes, de bien ou de mal, indépendamment de leur volonté.
  3. 3
    Ensemble de la vie ; existence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il n’y a pas à dire, mais quand les dieux ou les destins, comme vous voudrez, ont décidé qu’ils vous feraient trébucher sur la route de la gloire ou de la fortune, il est inutile de regimber.
  2. Le destin varie peu ses effets, comme s’il s’en tenait à quelques moyens sûrs.

This word in other languages

destiny(English)destino(Español)Schicksal(Deutsch)destino(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddestin
  • desitn
  • desstin
  • destinn
  • destni
  • desttin
  • detsin
  • dsetin
  • edstin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddestin1desitn2desstin1destinn1destni2desttin1detsin2dsetin2
Edit distance from "destin"

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 "destin"?
"destin" is spelled D-E-S-T-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛs.tɛ̃\.
What does "destin" mean?
As a noun, "destin" means: Puissance mystérieuse à qui les anciens attribuaient le pouvoir de déterminer d’avance et d’une façon irrévocable la suite des événements.
What words are commonly confused with "destin"?
"destin" is commonly confused with "devin", "Dustin", "destiné". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "destin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "destin" is \dɛs.tɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "destin" come from?
"destin" 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 "destin", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

engage#3,402casser#3,388bassin#3,382monaco#3,412

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

dizaine9 variantsdépasse9 variantschapeau9 variantsMaurice9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list