dictature

\dik.ta.tyʁ\

/\dik.ta.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“dictature” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,601
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dignité, pouvoir du dictateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dictature · dictature · French

dictature · rank #6,601 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,601
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cuba

Nearest frequency peer: Cuba (-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 « dictature »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dictature » 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).

dictature vs dictatures
90% similar
dictature vs dictateur
78% similar
dictature vs dictateurs
80% similar

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

Key facts for dictature
PropertyValue
Headworddictature
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dik.ta.tyʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,601
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dictature »

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

#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 « Cuba » (#6,600), « Diego » (#6,602), « croyances » (#6,599). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dictature » est au #6,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around dictature (IPA \dik.ta.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,601 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for dictature, with forms such as "dcitature", "ddictature", and "dicatture". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dictatures", "dictateur", "dictateurs", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dictature, spelled D-I-C-T-A-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dignité, pouvoir du dictateur.
  2. 2
    Temps pendant lequel s’exerce cette dignité.
  3. 3
    Autorité absolue ; autocratie.
  4. 4
    Pression psychologique et insidieuse, qui s’impose du fait de l’appartenance à un groupe, de l’évolution des modes de vie, de l’environnement, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sylla abdiqua la dictature. — La dictature, à Rome, n’était ordinairement conférée que pour six mois.
  2. Sous la dictature de Sylla.

Synonyms

absolutismeautocratieautoritarismecésarismedespotismetotalitarismetyrannie

Antonyms

anarchiedémocratie

This word in other languages

dictatorship(English)dictadura(Español)Diktatur(Deutsch)ditadura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcitature
  • ddictature
  • dicatture
  • dicctature
  • dictatrue
  • dictatture
  • dictatuer
  • dictaturre
  • dictautre
  • dicttature
  • dicttaure
  • ditcature
  • idctature

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dcitature2ddictature1dicatture2dicctature1dictatrue2dictatture1dictatuer2dictaturre1
Edit distance from "dictature"

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 "dictature"?
"dictature" is spelled D-I-C-T-A-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dik.ta.tyʁ\.
What does "dictature" mean?
As a noun, "dictature" means: Dignité, pouvoir du dictateur.
What words are commonly confused with "dictature"?
"dictature" is commonly confused with "dictatures", "dictateur", "dictateurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dictature"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dictature" is \dik.ta.tyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dictature" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croyances#6,599délicieux#6,607certitude#6,593cauchemar#6,592

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

décident13 variantsdépenser13 variantsdéveloppée13 variantsgaranties13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list