dettes

\dɛt\

/\dɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“dettes” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,236
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de dette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dettes · dettes · French

dettes · rank #5,236 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,236
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH coupes

Nearest frequency peer: coupes (-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 « dettes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dettes » 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).

dettes vs dites
67% similar
dettes vs dotés
50% similar
dettes vs doutes
67% similar

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

Key facts for dettes
PropertyValue
Headworddettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɛt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,236
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dettes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dettesse 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 « coupes » (#5,235), « die » (#5,237), « correspondance » (#5,234). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dettes » est au #5,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around dettes (IPA \dɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,236 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de dette.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for dettes, with forms such as "ddettes", "detes", and "detets". 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, "dites", "dotés", "doutes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dettes, spelled D-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de dette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Une maison d’édition comme celle que tu envisages, bâtie sur des dettes, accablée par les intérêts à payer, ne peut pas se développer à une époque de grande entreprise — en outre, je trouve fausse l’idée selon laquelle un grand investisseur risquerait de te « majoriser ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddettes
  • detes
  • detets
  • dettess
  • dettse
  • dtetes
  • edttes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddettes1detes1detets2dettess1dettse2dtetes2edttes2
Edit distance from "dettes"

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 "dettes"?
"dettes" is spelled D-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dɛt\.
What does "dettes" mean?
As a noun, "dettes" means: Pluriel de dette.
What words are commonly confused with "dettes"?
"dettes" is commonly confused with "dites", "dotés", "doutes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dettes" is \dɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dettes" come from?
"dettes" 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 "dettes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

coupes#5,235fièvre#5,248Grille#5,250cesser#5,219

Similar misspelling depth

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

colis7 variantsfixer7 variantsfière7 variantsloyer7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list