diable

\djɑbl\

/\djɑbl\/ noun

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The verdict

“diable” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,528
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-diable · diable · French

diable · rank #3,528 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,528
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH destinée

Nearest frequency peer: destinée (-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 « diable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « diable » 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).

diable vs dial
67% similar
diable vs diane
67% similar
diable vs double
67% similar

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

Key facts for diable
PropertyValue
Headworddiable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\djɑbl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,528
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diable »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).diablese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « destinée » (#3,527), « dirige » (#3,529), « continent » (#3,526). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diable » est au #3,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around diable (IPA \djɑbl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,528 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for diable, with forms such as "daible", "ddiable", and "diabble". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "dial", "diane", "double", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is diable, spelled D-I-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Créature infernale.
  2. 2
    Personne très méchante, ou violente, emportée, ou d’une pétulance excessive, d’une turbulence incommode et bruyante.
  3. 3
    Homme. (→ voir pauvre diable)
  4. 4
    Outil de manutention muni de deux roulettes et de deux bras permettant de déplacer de lourds objets.
  5. 5
    Récipient de terre cuite qui permet de cuire sans eau à l’intérieur d’un feu.
  6. 6
    Espèce de charrette à quatre roues fort basses, qui sert au transport de certaines marchandises et qui fait beaucoup de bruit en roulant sur le pavé.
  7. 7
    Nom vernaculaire d’une espèce de cigale.
  8. 8
    Nom vernaculaire de divers oiseaux.
  9. 9
    Nom vernaculaire de quelques poissons telles les baudroies.
  10. 10
    Long manche en bois avec un embout métallique ou en plastique sur lequel repose la flèche d’une queue de billard lorsque la boule est éloignée. Aussi appelé râteau ou baguette râteau.
  11. 11
    Quinzième atout du tarot de Marseille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tu as parlé du diable, mon saint clerc : n’as-tu pas peur qu’il ne vienne te rendre visite pendant un de tes passe-temps rebelles aux canons ?
  2. Les vices et les passions dans l’art chrétien sont, comme le diable, symbolisés par des animaux.

This word in other languages

devil(English)diablo(Español)Teufel(Deutsch)diabo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • daible
  • ddiable
  • diabble
  • diabel
  • diablle
  • dialbe
  • dibale
  • idable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

daible2ddiable1diabble1diabel2diablle1dialbe2dibale2idable2
Edit distance from "diable"

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 "diable"?
"diable" is spelled D-I-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \djɑbl\.
What does "diable" mean?
As a noun, "diable" means: Créature infernale.
What words are commonly confused with "diable"?
"diable" is commonly confused with "dial", "diane", "double". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diable" is \djɑbl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "diable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

dirige#3,529ferais#3,534francs#3,536fusion#3,538

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

chers8 variantsamener8 variantsamende8 variantsrecette8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list