Dieppe
\djɛp\
The verdict
“Dieppe” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,505
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Seine-Maritime.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Dieppe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \djɛp\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dieppe” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Dieppe (IPA \djɛp\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,505 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dieppe, with forms such as "ddieppe", "deippe", and "diepe". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "œdipe", "diète", "dièse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Dieppe, spelled D-I-E-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Seine-Maritime.
- 2Ville du Nouveau-Brunswick, au Canada.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddieppe
- deippe
- diepe
- diepep
- dipepe
- ideppe
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dieppe - 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.
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.
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Using “Dieppe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-E-P-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \djɛp\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “œdipe” - see the side-by-side comparison. Dieppe vs œdipe
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.