destinataire

\dɛs.ti.na.tɛʁ\

/\dɛs.ti.na.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“destinataire” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,655. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,655
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne à qui est destiné quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-destinataire · destinataire · French

destinataire · rank #14,655 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,655
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH descendent

Nearest frequency peer: descendent (-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 « destinataire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « destinataire » 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).

destinataire vs destinataires
92% similar

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

Key facts for destinataire
PropertyValue
Headworddestinataire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛs.ti.na.tɛʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#14,655
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « destinataire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.destinatairese 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 « descendent » (#14,654), « deuxièmement » (#14,656), « distinguent » (#14,657). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « destinataire » est au #14,655. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around destinataire (IPA \dɛs.ti.na.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,655 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for destinataire, with forms such as "ddestinataire", "desitnataire", and "desstinataire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "destinataires", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 destinataire, spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-A-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne à qui est destiné quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Personne qui doit recevoir un message, un courriel, une lettre, un paquet expédiés par une autre personne.
  3. 3
    Auditeur ou lecteur, celui ou celle qui reçoit le message d’un locuteur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le destinataire du sulfatage ce jour-là est un général à la trogne taillée à coups de serpe habitant une villa cossue du Beau-Fraisier.
  2. Quand tu as des lettres de condoléances à expédier, ne tarde jamais, sinon le destinataire ne sait même plus de qui il s’agit.

Synonyms

allocutaireauditeurinterlocuteurrécepteurrécipiendaire

Antonyms

destinateurémetteurexpéditeurlocuteur

This word in other languages

addressee(English)destinatario(Español)Empfänger(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddestinataire
  • desitnataire
  • desstinataire
  • destiantaire
  • destinaatire
  • destinataier
  • destinatairre
  • destinatarie
  • destinatiare
  • destinattaire
  • destinnataire
  • destintaaire
  • destniataire
  • desttinataire
  • detsinataire
  • dsetinataire
  • edstinataire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddestinataire1desitnataire2desstinataire1destiantaire2destinaatire2destinataier2destinatairre1destinatarie2
Edit distance from "destinataire"

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 "destinataire"?
"destinataire" is spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-A-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛs.ti.na.tɛʁ\.
What does "destinataire" mean?
As a noun, "destinataire" means: Personne à qui est destiné quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "destinataire"?
"destinataire" is commonly confused with "destinataires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "destinataire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "destinataire" is \dɛs.ti.na.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "destinataire" come from?
"destinataire" 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 "destinataire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

deuxièmement#14,656continentale#14,645embarquement#14,668compromettre#14,640

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

distinguent17 variantsdéformation17 variantsappropriation17 variantsintolérance17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list