diluer

/\di.lɥe\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,915

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

diluer is aFrenchverb. It means: Étendre d’eau ou d’un solvant adapté, un liquide quelconque. Pronounced \di.lɥe\. Often confused with diner and dinner.

Key facts for diluer
PropertyValue
Headworddiluer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.lɥe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,915
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of diluer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for diluer is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.lɥe\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,915 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for diluer, with forms such as "ddiluer", "dileur", and "dilluer". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "diner", "dinner", "digue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is diluer, spelled D-I-L-U-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étendre d’eau ou d’un solvant adapté, un liquide quelconque.
  2. 2
    Rendre moins clair, moins net, moins direct.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddiluer,dileur,dilluer,diluerr,dilure,diuler,dliuer,idluer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for diluer

Misspelling Variants of "diluer"

ddiluer7dileur6dilluer7diluerr7dilure6diuler6dliuer6idluer6
Misspelling Variants of "diluer"

Frequency rank: #28,915 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "diluer"?
"diluer" is spelled D-I-L-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \di.lɥe\.
What does "diluer" mean?
As a verb, "diluer" means: Étendre d’eau ou d’un solvant adapté, un liquide quelconque.
What words are commonly confused with "diluer"?
"diluer" is commonly confused with "diner", "dinner", "digue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diluer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diluer" is \di.lɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diluer" come from?
"diluer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.