diminuer

\di.mi.nɥe\

/\di.mi.nɥe\/ verb

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The verdict

“diminuer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,225
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réduire quelque chose en retranchant une partie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diminuer · diminuer · French

diminuer · rank #4,225 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,225
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH crédits

Nearest frequency peer: crédits (-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 « diminuer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « diminuer » 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).

diminuer vs dominer
75% similar
diminuer vs diminués
75% similar
diminuer vs diminuera
89% similar

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

Key facts for diminuer
PropertyValue
Headworddiminuer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.mi.nɥe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,225
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diminuer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).diminuerse 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 « crédits » (#4,224), « correctement » (#4,223), « distinction » (#4,227). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diminuer » est au #4,225. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around diminuer (IPA \di.mi.nɥe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,225 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for diminuer, with forms such as "ddiminuer", "diimnuer", and "dimineur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "dominer", "diminués", "diminuera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is diminuer, spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réduire quelque chose en retranchant une partie.
  2. 2
    Devenir moindre par la perte d’une de ses parties.
  3. 3
    Maigrir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ces expériences (marcher au moins six minutes par jour, instaurer des moments de sortie de routine, s’exposer une heure par jour à la lumière forte ou encore écouter certains morceaux de musique) contribuent en effet à augmenter la sécrétion d’endorphines (les morphines produites naturellement dans le cerveau) et de sérotonine (la molécule de la bonne hum…
  2. Ces stocks qui étaient de moins d'un million de tonnes en 1929, se sont élevés jusqu'à 5 millions de t. en septembre 1935 et 4 millions fin juin 1936 ont progressivement décru jusqu'à 1,5 million de t. fin septembre 1937, diminuant d'environ 175 000 t. par mois.

This word in other languages

reduce(English)disminuir(Español)verringern(Deutsch)abater(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiminuer
  • diimnuer
  • dimineur
  • diminnuer
  • diminuerr
  • diminure
  • dimiuner
  • dimminuer
  • dimniuer
  • dmiinuer
  • idminuer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddiminuer1diimnuer2dimineur2diminnuer1diminuerr1diminure2dimiuner2dimminuer1
Edit distance from "diminuer"

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 "diminuer"?
"diminuer" is spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \di.mi.nɥe\.
What does "diminuer" mean?
As a verb, "diminuer" means: Réduire quelque chose en retranchant une partie.
What words are commonly confused with "diminuer"?
"diminuer" is commonly confused with "dominer", "diminués", "diminuera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diminuer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diminuer" is \di.mi.nɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diminuer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list