diphtérie
\dif.te.ʁi\
The verdict
“diphtérie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,023. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,023
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maladie infectieuse et contagieuse caractérisée par la formation de fausses membranes dans la gorge.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diphterie · diphtérie · French
diphtérie · rank #49,023 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,023
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH difforme
Nearest frequency peer: difforme (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “diphtérie”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- denim
denim
50,984 corpus weight
- Devaux
Devaux
50,982 corpus weight
- difforme
difforme
50,979 corpus weight
- diphtérie
diphtérie
50,978 corpus weight
- discipliner
discipliner
50,977 corpus weight
- dissoutes
dissoutes
50,976 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “diphtérie” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diphtérie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dif.te.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “diphtérie” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around diphtérie (IPA \dif.te.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,023 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maladie infectieuse et contagieuse caractérisée par la formation de fausses membranes dans la gorge.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for diphtérie, with forms such as "ddiphtérie", "dihptérie", and "diphhtérie". 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 entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is diphtérie, spelled D-I-P-H-T-É-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Maladie infectieuse et contagieuse caractérisée par la formation de fausses membranes dans la gorge.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiphtérie
- dihptérie
- diphhtérie
- diphterie
- diphtréie
- diphttérie
- diphtéire
- diphtérei
- diphtérrie
- diphétrie
- dipphtérie
- dipthérie
- dpihtérie
- idphtérie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diphtérie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "diphtérie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.