digue

\diɡ\

/\diɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“digue” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,169. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,169
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Levée de terre, de pierres, de bois, etc. pour contenir des eaux d’un fleuve, d’un torrent, d’un lac, et contrer les flots de la mer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-digue · digue · French

digue · rank #18,169 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,169
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH différencie

Nearest frequency peer: différencie (-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 « digue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « digue » 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).

digue vs due
60% similar
digue vs dire
60% similar
digue vs dite
60% similar

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

Key facts for digue
PropertyValue
Headworddigue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\diɡ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,169
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « digue »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).diguese 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 « différencie » (#18,168), « dirigea » (#18,170), « destructeur » (#18,167). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « digue » est au #18,169. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around digue (IPA \diɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,169 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for digue, with forms such as "ddigue", "dgiue", and "digeu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "due", "dire", "dite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is digue, spelled D-I-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Levée de terre, de pierres, de bois, etc. pour contenir des eaux d’un fleuve, d’un torrent, d’un lac, et contrer les flots de la mer.
  2. 2
    Portions de terrains qui jouent le rôle de digues.
  3. 3
    Obstacle qu’on oppose à ce qu’on juge excessif, nuisible, dangereux.
  4. 4
    Femme, prostituée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. II faut donc taluter l’écore dans le premier cas & combiner l'éloignement de la digue avec la puissance à laquelle elle peut avoir à résister ; car les digues n'ont pas toujours la hauteur & la consistance nécessaires.
  2. On évalue aux trois quarts de l'île les fonds dont le niveau n'est pas plus élevé, et qui, par conséquent, pourraient être submergés par une très-forte marée, favorisée par des vents impétueux ; mais cette coïncidence est fort rare dans sa plus grande intensité, et des digues connues sous le nom de lévadons suffisent presque toujours pour en arrêter les r…

This word in other languages

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddigue
  • dgiue
  • digeu
  • diggue
  • diuge
  • idgue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddigue1dgiue2digeu2diggue1diuge2idgue2
Edit distance from "digue"

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 "digue"?
"digue" is spelled D-I-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \diɡ\.
What does "digue" mean?
As a noun, "digue" means: Levée de terre, de pierres, de bois, etc. pour contenir des eaux d’un fleuve, d’un torrent, d’un lac, et contrer les flots de la mer.
What words are commonly confused with "digue"?
"digue" is commonly confused with "due", "dire", "dite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "digue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "digue" is \diɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "digue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

daisy#18,163dudit#18,176falls#18,202blood#18,135

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

beth6 variantsIndia6 variantsmaille6 variantsThor6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list