diligence

Name: diligence, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\di.li.ʒɑ̃s\

/\di.li.ʒɑ̃s\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“diligence” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,807
frequency rank, French: 5,307
“D” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Promptitude d’action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diligence · diligence · French

diligence · rank #19,807 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #19,807
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,307
PHOTO-FINISH dictée

Nearest frequency peer: dictée (-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.

devrons

80,197
dexter

80,196
dictée

80,195
diligence

80,194
disposées

80,193
distributio…

80,192

What this shows « diligence » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for diligence
Property	Value
Headword	diligence
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\di.li.ʒɑ̃s\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#19,807
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diligence »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).diligencese place ici:

#19,807

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dictée » (#19,806), « disposées » (#19,808), « dexter » (#19,805). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diligence » est au #19,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around diligence (IPA \di.li.ʒɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,807 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for diligence, with forms such as "ddiligence", "diilgence", and "dilgience". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is diligence, spelled D-I-L-I-G-E-N-C-E.

Definition

1
Promptitude d’action.
2
Degré d'attention dont les gens en général font preuve à l’égard de leurs propres préoccupations.
3
Poursuite, requête, surtout en termes de procédure.
4
Soin vigilant ; recherche exacte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Cependant, quelque diligence que fissent les voyageurs, ils n’atteignirent cette ville qu’après la fermeture des portes.
Dans ce cadre, ils insistent sur la nécessité de mener toutes les procédures avec diligence, afin que cette connexion puisse entrer en service rapidement.

This word in other languages

diligence(English)Emsigkeit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddiligence
diilgence
dilgience
diliegnce
diligecne
diligencce
diligenec
diligennce
diliggence
dilignece
dilligence
dliigence
idligence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diligence - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "diligence"

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 "diligence"?

"diligence" is spelled D-I-L-I-G-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.li.ʒɑ̃s\.

What does "diligence" mean?

As a noun, "diligence" means: Promptitude d’action.

What are common misspellings of "diligence"?

Common misspellings include "ddiligence", "diilgence", "dilgience", "diliegnce", "diligecne". The correct spelling is "diligence".

How do you pronounce "diligence"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diligence" is \di.li.ʒɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "diligence" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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