dignitaire

\di.ɲi.tɛʁ\

/\di.ɲi.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“dignitaire” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,212. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,212
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui est revêtu d’une dignité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dignitaire · dignitaire · French

dignitaire · rank #40,212 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #40,212
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH différenciée

Nearest frequency peer: différenciée (-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 « dignitaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dignitaire » 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).

dignitaire vs dignitaires
91% similar

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

Key facts for dignitaire
PropertyValue
Headworddignitaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.ɲi.tɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#40,212
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dignitaire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dignitairese 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 « différenciée » (#40,211), « director » (#40,213), « devos » (#40,210). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dignitaire » est au #40,212. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around dignitaire (IPA \di.ɲi.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,212 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for dignitaire, with forms such as "ddignitaire", "dginitaire", and "diggnitaire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "dignitaires", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dignitaire, spelled D-I-G-N-I-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui est revêtu d’une dignité.
  2. 2
    Personne qui a reçu une charge, une fonction ou un titre qui lui confère le respect ou la considération ainsi qu’un rang d’importance dans la société, que ce soit à travers l’État, la religion ou l’armée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La propriété individuelle était encore très peu développée. Il y a cinquante ans, les rares propriétaires fonciers étaient des chorfa, des zaouïas, des dignitaires du makhzen qui avaient obtenu leurs terres par dahir chérifien.
  2. Ces deux dignitaires étaient suivis de leurs serviteurs respectifs, et, à une plus humble distance, venait leur guide, […].

This word in other languages

dignitary(English)dignatario(Español)Würdenträger(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddignitaire
  • dginitaire
  • diggnitaire
  • digintaire
  • digniatire
  • dignitaier
  • dignitairre
  • dignitarie
  • dignitiare
  • dignittaire
  • dignnitaire
  • digntiaire
  • dingitaire
  • idgnitaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddignitaire1dginitaire2diggnitaire1digintaire2digniatire2dignitaier2dignitairre1dignitarie2
Edit distance from "dignitaire"

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 "dignitaire"?
"dignitaire" is spelled D-I-G-N-I-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ɲi.tɛʁ\.
What does "dignitaire" mean?
As a noun, "dignitaire" means: Celui qui est revêtu d’une dignité.
What words are commonly confused with "dignitaire"?
"dignitaire" is commonly confused with "dignitaires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dignitaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dignitaire" is \di.ɲi.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dignitaire" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

décideront#40,223défections#40,224déplaisant#40,228Chronicles#40,181

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

disputant14 variantscycliques14 variantsdébandade14 variantschoisissait14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list