dingues
\dɛ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“dingues” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,512. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,512
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de dingue
Corpus desk
Index FR-dingues · dingues · French
dingues · rank #23,512 · 10 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,512
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH Ding
Nearest frequency peer: Ding (-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 « dingues »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Danièle
Danièle
76,492 corpus weight
- dessinent
dessinent
76,491 corpus weight
- Ding
Ding
76,490 corpus weight
- dingues
dingues
76,489 corpus weight
- dirons
dirons
76,488 corpus weight
- divisent
divisent
76,487 corpus weight
What this shows « dingues » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dingues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dɛ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dingues »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around dingues (IPA \dɛ̃ɡ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,512 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de dingue".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dingues, with forms such as "ddingues", "dignues", and "dingeus". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "disques", "drogues", "dragues", and more, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dingues, spelled D-I-N-G-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de dingue
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddingues
- dignues
- dingeus
- dinggues
- dinguess
- dinguse
- dinngues
- dinuges
- dnigues
- idngues
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dingues - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dingues", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).