development

\dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt\

/\dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt\/ noun

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The verdict

“development” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,920. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,920
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-development · development · French

development · rank #17,920 · 17 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,920
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dentaires

Nearest frequency peer: dentaires (-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 « development »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « development » 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).

development vs développent
82% similar
development vs développant
73% similar
development vs développement
77% similar

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

Key facts for development
PropertyValue
Headworddevelopment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt\
Letters11
Frequency rank#17,920
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « development »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.developmentse 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 « dentaires » (#17,919), « dar » (#17,918), « dictionnaires » (#17,922). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « development » est au #17,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around development (IPA \dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,920 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for development, with forms such as "ddevelopment", "deevlopment", and "devellopment". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "développent", "développant", "développement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is development, spelled D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Développement.
  2. 2
    Développement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddevelopment
  • deevlopment
  • devellopment
  • develompent
  • developemnt
  • developmennt
  • developmentt
  • developmetn
  • developmment
  • developmnet
  • developpment
  • develpoment
  • deveolpment
  • devleopment
  • devvelopment
  • dveelopment
  • edvelopment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddevelopment1deevlopment2devellopment1develompent2developemnt2developmennt1developmentt1developmetn2
Edit distance from "development"

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 "development"?
"development" is spelled D-E-V-E-L-O-P-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt\.
What does "development" mean?
As a noun, "development" means: Développement.
What words are commonly confused with "development"?
"development" is commonly confused with "développent", "développant", "développement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "development"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "development" is \dɪˈvɛl.əp.mənt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "development" come from?
"development" 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 "development", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

disparaitre#17,926considérons#17,913dominicaine#17,929confidences#17,910

Similar misspelling depth

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

dictionnaires17 variantsamérindiens17 variantsinstantanée17 variantsmilliardaires17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list