développement
\de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“développement” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #505 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #505
- frequency rank, French
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de développer, de se développer ou résultat de cette action, au propre et au figuré.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | développement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “développement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for développement is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #505 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for développement, with forms such as "ddéveloppement", "developpement", and "dvéeloppement". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "développent", "développements", "development", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is développement, spelled D-É-V-E-L-O-P-P-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Action de développer, de se développer ou résultat de cette action, au propre et au figuré.
- 2Croissance économique.
- 3Exposition plus ou moins détaillée, par opposition aux vues, aux considérations générales.
- 4Action de développer un cliché.
- 5Figure de carton ou de papier dont les parties, étant pliées et rejointes, composent la surface d’un solide.
- 6Nombre de mètres qu’une bicyclette parcourt sur un coup de pédale.
- 7Programmation informatique.
- 8Fait de développer une action, une intrigue.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddéveloppement,developpement,dvéeloppement,déevloppement,dévelloppement,dévelopement,dévelopepment,développeemnt,développemennt,développementt,développemetn,développemment,développemnet,développmeent,dévelpopement,déveolppement,dévleoppement,dévveloppement,édveloppement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of développement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “développement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-V-E-L-O-P-P-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.və.lɔp.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “développent” - see the side-by-side comparison. développement vs développent
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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