diesels

/\dje.zɛl\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,979

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

diesels is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de diesel. Pronounced \dje.zɛl\. Often confused with dises and dièse.

Key facts for diesels
PropertyValue
Headworddiesels
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dje.zɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,979
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of diesels in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for diesels is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dje.zɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,979 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de diesel.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for diesels, with forms such as "ddiesels", "deisels", and "dieesls". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dises", "dièse", "diesel", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is diesels, spelled D-I-E-S-E-L-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de diesel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddiesels,deisels,dieesls,diesells,dieselss,diesesl,diesles,diessels,diseels,idesels

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for diesels

Misspelling Variants of "diesels"

ddiesels8deisels7dieesls7diesells8dieselss8diesesl7diesles7diessels8
Misspelling Variants of "diesels"

Frequency rank: #44,979 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "diesels"?
"diesels" is spelled D-I-E-S-E-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dje.zɛl\.
What does "diesels" mean?
As a noun, "diesels" means: Pluriel de diesel.
What words are commonly confused with "diesels"?
"diesels" is commonly confused with "dises", "dièse", "diesel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diesels"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diesels" is \dje.zɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diesels" come from?
"diesels" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.