dira

\di.ʁa\

/\di.ʁa\/ verb

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The verdict

“dira” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,837. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,837
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du futur de dire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dira · dira · French

dira · rank #3,837 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,837
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH devoirs

Nearest frequency peer: devoirs (-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 « dira »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dira » 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).

dira vs dr
50% similar
dira vs dix
50% similar
dira vs dur
50% similar

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

Key facts for dira
PropertyValue
Headworddira
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.ʁa\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,837
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dira »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dirase 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 « devoirs » (#3,836), « due » (#3,838), « descendre » (#3,835). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dira » est au #3,837. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around dira (IPA \di.ʁa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,837 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du futur de dire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dira, with forms such as "ddira", "diar", and "dirra". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dr", "dix", "dur", 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dira, spelled D-I-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du futur de dire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un nazisme bédouin, dira l’un. L’appellation a le mérite de faire référence à un certain Occident et aux déserts péninsulaires où l’esprit se reptilise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddira
  • diar
  • dirra
  • dria
  • idra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddira1diar2dirra1dria2idra2
Edit distance from "dira"

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 "dira"?
"dira" is spelled D-I-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁa\.
What does "dira" mean?
As a verb, "dira" means: Troisième personne du singulier du futur de dire.
What words are commonly confused with "dira"?
"dira" is commonly confused with "dr", "dix", "dur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dira"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dira" is \di.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dira" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tués#3,809Tony#3,808onze#3,783best#3,897

Similar misspelling depth

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

villa5 variantsfeux5 variantsfine5 variantsdéçu5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list