diagnostic

\djaɡ.nɔs.tik\

/\djaɡ.nɔs.tik\/ noun

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The verdict

“diagnostic” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,745
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie de la médecine qui a pour objet la distinction des maladies, l'identification d’une maladie à partir de symptômes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diagnostic · diagnostic · French

diagnostic · rank #4,745 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,745
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH culturelles

Nearest frequency peer: culturelles (-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 « diagnostic »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « diagnostic » 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).

diagnostic vs diagnostics
91% similar
diagnostic vs diagnostique
75% similar

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

Key facts for diagnostic
PropertyValue
Headworddiagnostic
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\djaɡ.nɔs.tik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,745
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diagnostic »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).diagnosticse 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 « culturelles » (#4,744), « Didier » (#4,746), « Cris » (#4,743). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diagnostic » est au #4,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around diagnostic (IPA \djaɡ.nɔs.tik\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,745 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for diagnostic, with forms such as "daignostic", "ddiagnostic", and "diaggnostic". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "diagnostics", "diagnostique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is diagnostic, spelled D-I-A-G-N-O-S-T-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie de la médecine qui a pour objet la distinction des maladies, l'identification d’une maladie à partir de symptômes.
  2. 2
    Conclusion de cette identification : avis médical sur la nature de la maladie à l’origine des symptômes observés.
  3. 3
    Conclusion d'une étude technique.
  4. 4
    Les étapes, le processus, utilisé pour déterminer la cause, l'origine, d'une situation, d'un évènement, d'un problème.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il rappelle aux gens qui ne se sentent pas interpellés par la gravité de la situation que «tous les diagnostics seront touchés», que ce soit des «traumas, des arrêts cardiaques, ou une défaillance d’organe».
  2. À la fin d'août 1897, 4 jours après des rapports avec une femme suspecte, il se forma chez le malade deux petites ulcérations dans le sillon rétroglandulaire qui selon le diagnostic du médecin local, présentait toutes les propriétés des chancres mous ; […].

This word in other languages

diagnosis(English)diagnóstico(Español)Diagnose(Deutsch)diagnóstico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • daignostic
  • ddiagnostic
  • diaggnostic
  • diagnnostic
  • diagnositc
  • diagnosstic
  • diagnostci
  • diagnosticc
  • diagnosttic
  • diagnotsic
  • diagnsotic
  • diagonstic
  • diangostic
  • diganostic
  • idagnostic

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

daignostic2ddiagnostic1diaggnostic1diagnnostic1diagnositc2diagnosstic1diagnostci2diagnosticc1
Edit distance from "diagnostic"

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 "diagnostic"?
"diagnostic" is spelled D-I-A-G-N-O-S-T-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is \djaɡ.nɔs.tik\.
What does "diagnostic" mean?
As a noun, "diagnostic" means: Partie de la médecine qui a pour objet la distinction des maladies, l'identification d’une maladie à partir de symptômes.
What words are commonly confused with "diagnostic"?
"diagnostic" is commonly confused with "diagnostics", "diagnostique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diagnostic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diagnostic" is \djaɡ.nɔs.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diagnostic" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

culturelles15 variantsdémontrer15 variantscollections15 variantsimagination15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list