digues

\diɡ\

/\diɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“digues” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,277. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,277
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-digues · digues · French

digues · rank #25,277 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,277
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Desmarais

Nearest frequency peer: Desmarais (-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 « digues »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « digues » 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).

digues vs dues
67% similar
digues vs dites
67% similar
digues vs dires
67% similar

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

Key facts for digues
PropertyValue
Headworddigues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\diɡ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,277
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « digues »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).diguesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Desmarais » (#25,276), « dillon » (#25,278), « dilution » (#25,279). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « digues » est au #25,277. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around digues (IPA \diɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,277 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de digue.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for digues, with forms such as "ddigues", "dgiues", and "digeus". 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, "dues", "dites", "dires", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is digues, spelled D-I-G-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de digue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Trois jours durant, trois nuits d’horreur, la mer franchit les digues, effondra la falaise, balayant tout dans son irrésistible furie, éventrant les champs saccagés, renversant les chaumières et laissant sur le rivage, lorsqu’elle s’apaisa, un monstre comme seul en peut produire l’Enfer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddigues
  • dgiues
  • digeus
  • diggues
  • diguess
  • diguse
  • diuges
  • idgues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddigues1dgiues2digeus2diggues1diguess1diguse2diuges2idgues2
Edit distance from "digues"

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 "digues"?
"digues" is spelled D-I-G-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \diɡ\.
What does "digues" mean?
As a noun, "digues" means: Pluriel de digue.
What words are commonly confused with "digues"?
"digues" is commonly confused with "dues", "dites", "dires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "digues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "digues" is \diɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "digues" come from?
"digues" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dillon#25,278créera#25,271chiale#25,246caveau#25,243

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

dirty8 variantsFabian8 variantsbuvait8 variantsfoetus8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list