dilemme

\di.lɛm\

/\di.lɛm\/ noun

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The verdict

“dilemme” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,153. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,153
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte d’argument qui contient deux ou plusieurs propositions différentes ou contraires, dont on laisse le choix à l’adversaire, pour le convaincre également, quelle que soit celle qu’il adopte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dilemme · dilemme · French

dilemme · rank #13,153 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,153
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH devises

Nearest frequency peer: devises (-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 « dilemme »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dilemme » 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).

dilemme vs dilemmes
88% similar

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

Key facts for dilemme
PropertyValue
Headworddilemme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.lɛm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,153
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dilemme »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « devises » (#13,152), « divergences » (#13,154), « dream » (#13,155). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dilemme » est au #13,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around dilemme (IPA \di.lɛm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,153 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for dilemme, with forms such as "ddilemme", "dielmme", and "dileme". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "dilemmes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dilemme, spelled D-I-L-E-M-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte d’argument qui contient deux ou plusieurs propositions différentes ou contraires, dont on laisse le choix à l’adversaire, pour le convaincre également, quelle que soit celle qu’il adopte.
  2. 2
    Choix difficile ou cornélien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Poser un dilemme.
  2. Dilemme sans réplique.

This word in other languages

dilemma(English)dilema(Español)Dilemma(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddilemme
  • dielmme
  • dileme
  • dilemem
  • dillemme
  • dilmeme
  • dliemme
  • idlemme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddilemme1dielmme2dileme1dilemem2dillemme1dilmeme2dliemme2idlemme2
Edit distance from "dilemme"

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 "dilemme"?
"dilemme" is spelled D-I-L-E-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.lɛm\.
What does "dilemme" mean?
As a noun, "dilemme" means: Sorte d’argument qui contient deux ou plusieurs propositions différentes ou contraires, dont on laisse le choix à l’adversaire, pour le convaincre également, quelle que soit celle qu’il adopte.
What words are commonly confused with "dilemme"?
"dilemme" is commonly confused with "dilemmes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dilemme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dilemme" is \di.lɛm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dilemme" come from?
"dilemme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

devises#13,152coquine#13,147décrets#13,159control#13,145

Similar misspelling depth

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

choper8 variantsgendre8 variantsidéaux8 variantsatroce8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list