diaphragme

Name: diaphragme, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\dja.fʁaɡm\

/\dja.fʁaɡm\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“diaphragme” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,442. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,442
frequency rank, French: 5,307
“D” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Paroi musculaire large, mince, convexe et animée de mouvements rythmiques, située entre le thorax et l’abdomen.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diaphragme · diaphragme · French

diaphragme · rank #31,442 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #31,442
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,307
PHOTO-FINISH DiCaprio

Nearest frequency peer: DiCaprio (+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.

demeurée

68,562
descende

68,561
diaphragme

68,559
DiCaprio

68,558
diminutif

68,557
distillerie

68,556

What this shows « diaphragme » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for diaphragme
Property	Value
Headword	diaphragme
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\dja.fʁaɡm\
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#31,442
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diaphragme »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.diaphragmese place ici:

#31,442

#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 « DiCaprio » (#31,443), « descende » (#31,440), « diminutif » (#31,444). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diaphragme » est au #31,442. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around diaphragme (IPA \dja.fʁaɡm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,442 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for diaphragme, with forms such as "daiphragme", "ddiaphragme", and "diahpragme". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is diaphragme, spelled D-I-A-P-H-R-A-G-M-E.

Definition

1
Paroi musculaire large, mince, convexe et animée de mouvements rythmiques, située entre le thorax et l’abdomen.
2
Cloison transversale qui partage une silique, une capsule.
3
Écran muni d’une ouverture qui ne laisse passer que les rayons utiles.
4
Élément d'un instrument optique permettant de régler l'intensité de la lumière passant à travers l'objectif.
5
Divers organes des piles et bobines d’induction.
6
Cloison percée d'un orifice calibré et placée dans une canalisation pour en modifier les conditions d'écoulement.
7
Moyen de contraception, capuchon de latex en forme de dôme, tendu par un anneau rigide et qui se place au fond du vagin devant le col de l’utérus.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

« Ah ! infâme ! es-tu fait pour me torturer ? » pensait Lucien ; et, quoique mourant de faim, il éprouva une telle contraction du diaphragme qu’il ne put avaler une seule bouchée.
L'inhibition diaphragmatique postopératoire a été confirmée plus récemment par des études faisant appel à l’électromyographie du diaphragme qui témoigne de façon plus directe de la fonction du diaphragme.

This word in other languages

diaphragm(English)diafragma(Español)Zwerchfell(Deutsch)diafragma(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

daiphragme
ddiaphragme
diahpragme
diaphargme
diaphhragme
diaphragem
diaphraggme
diaphragmme
diaphramge
diaphrgame
diaphrragme
diapphragme
diaprhagme
dipahragme
idaphragme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "diaphragme"

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 "diaphragme"?

"diaphragme" is spelled D-I-A-P-H-R-A-G-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dja.fʁaɡm\.

What does "diaphragme" mean?

As a noun, "diaphragme" means: Paroi musculaire large, mince, convexe et animée de mouvements rythmiques, située entre le thorax et l’abdomen.

What are common misspellings of "diaphragme"?

Common misspellings include "daiphragme", "ddiaphragme", "diahpragme", "diaphargme", "diaphhragme". The correct spelling is "diaphragme".

How do you pronounce "diaphragme"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diaphragme" is \dja.fʁaɡm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "diaphragme" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "diaphragme", 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).

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