diarrhée

\dja.ʁe\

/\dja.ʁe\/ noun

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The verdict

“diarrhée” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,854. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,854
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maladie caractérisée par des évacuations de selles, liquides et fréquentes, et qui est ordinairement due à l’inflammation de l’intestin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diarrhee · diarrhée · French

diarrhée · rank #16,854 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,854
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH DH

Nearest frequency peer: DH (-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 « diarrhée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « diarrhée » 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).

diarrhée vs diarrhées
89% similar

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

Key facts for diarrhée
PropertyValue
Headworddiarrhée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dja.ʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,854
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diarrhée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.diarrhéese 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 « DH » (#16,853), « différends » (#16,855), « Darwin » (#16,852). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diarrhée » est au #16,854. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around diarrhée (IPA \dja.ʁe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,854 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for diarrhée, with forms such as "dairrhée", "ddiarrhée", and "diarhrée". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "diarrhées", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is diarrhée, spelled D-I-A-R-R-H-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maladie caractérisée par des évacuations de selles, liquides et fréquentes, et qui est ordinairement due à l’inflammation de l’intestin.
  2. 2
    Fort écoulement de liquide.
  3. 3
    Flot d’informations intenses et sans intérêt pour l’interlocuteur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « J’avais en outre une diarrhée du diable, que j’ai vaincue sans nul médicament, par la contention mentale et donc musculaire. Le résultat fut magnifique, mais c’est un effort que je ne demanderais pas au passant de la rue »
  2. Ce fut encore cette diarrhée verte qui faillit l’enlever, qui, d’une enfant « rêtue » déjà, et plaisante, fit une sorte de morte.

Synonyms

cagassecaguèrecaquerellecaquettechiassechittecoulantecourantecouratecourattecours-y donccourz’y doncdéclichetteliquidedéripettedévoiementdérangementdroulegastrogastro-entéritemaclemenaisonriclevasivitevas-y-viteva-z’y viteva-vitelogorrhée

Antonyms

adiarrhéeconstipation

This word in other languages

diarrhea(English)diarrea(Español)Diarrhöe(Deutsch)diarréia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dairrhée
  • ddiarrhée
  • diarhrée
  • diarhée
  • diarrhee
  • diarrheé
  • diarrhhée
  • diarréhe
  • dirarhée
  • idarrhée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dairrhée2ddiarrhée1diarhrée2diarhée1diarrhee1diarrheé2diarrhhée1diarréhe2
Edit distance from "diarrhée"

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 "diarrhée"?
"diarrhée" is spelled D-I-A-R-R-H-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dja.ʁe\.
What does "diarrhée" mean?
As a noun, "diarrhée" means: Maladie caractérisée par des évacuations de selles, liquides et fréquentes, et qui est ordinairement due à l’inflammation de l’intestin.
What words are commonly confused with "diarrhée"?
"diarrhée" is commonly confused with "diarrhées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diarrhée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diarrhée" is \dja.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diarrhée" come from?
"diarrhée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

doublure#16,858délibéré#16,860connecte#16,842Columbia#16,838

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

contour10 variantsenglobe10 variantsexagère10 variantscentime10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list