dextérité
\dɛks.te.ʁi.te\
The verdict
“dextérité” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #30,562 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #30,562
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Adresse de la main.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dextérité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɛks.te.ʁi.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dextérité” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dextérité is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dɛks.te.ʁi.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,562 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for dextérité, with forms such as "ddextérité", "detxérité", and "dexterite". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dextérité, spelled D-E-X-T-É-R-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Adresse de la main.
- 2Habileté, adresse et précision des mouvements manuels dans l’accomplissement d'une tâche.
- 3Adresse de l’esprit.
- 4À Donjons & Dragons, et d’autres jeux de rôle, caractéristique (valeur chiffrée) représentant la maîtrise des mouvements d’un personnage, sa capacité à garder son équilibre, sa motricité fine.
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddextérité,detxérité,dexterite,dextréité,dexttérité,dextéirté,dextéritté,dextériét,dextérrité,dextértié,dexxtérité,dexétrité,dxetérité,edxtérité
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dextérité - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “dextérité”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-E-X-T-É-R-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dɛks.te.ʁi.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.