dictatures

\dik.ta.tyʁ\

/\dik.ta.tyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“dictatures” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,914
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de dictature.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dictatures · dictatures · French

dictatures · rank #28,914 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,914
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dico

Nearest frequency peer: dico (-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 « dictatures »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dictatures » 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).

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

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

Key facts for dictatures
PropertyValue
Headworddictatures
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dik.ta.tyʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#28,914
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dictatures »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dictaturesse 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 « dico » (#28,913), « diluer » (#28,915), « discutait » (#28,916). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dictatures » est au #28,914. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around dictatures (IPA \dik.ta.tyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,914 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de dictature.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for dictatures, with forms such as "dcitatures", "ddictatures", and "dicattures". 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, "dictature", "dictateurs", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dictatures, spelled D-I-C-T-A-T-U-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de dictature.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dcitatures
  • ddictatures
  • dicattures
  • dicctatures
  • dictatrues
  • dictattures
  • dictaturess
  • dictaturres
  • dictaturse
  • dictautres
  • dicttatures
  • dicttaures
  • ditcatures
  • idctatures

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dcitatures2ddictatures1dicattures2dicctatures1dictatrues2dictattures1dictaturess1dictaturres1
Edit distance from "dictatures"

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 "dictatures"?
"dictatures" is spelled D-I-C-T-A-T-U-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dik.ta.tyʁ\.
What does "dictatures" mean?
As a noun, "dictatures" means: Pluriel de dictature.
What words are commonly confused with "dictatures"?
"dictatures" is commonly confused with "dictature", "dictateurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dictatures"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dictatures" 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 "dictatures" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dictatures", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).

dommageable14 variantsconduirait14 variantschangeons14 variantsfigurants14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list