diras

\di.ʁa\

/\di.ʁa\/ verb

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The verdict

“diras” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,948. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,948
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de l’indicatif du verbe dire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diras · diras · French

diras · rank #11,948 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,948
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Denise

Nearest frequency peer: Denise (-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 « diras »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « diras » 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).

diras vs Drs
40% similar
diras vs dire
60% similar
diras vs dits
60% similar

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

Key facts for diras
PropertyValue
Headworddiras
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.ʁa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,948
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diras »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dirasse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Denise » (#11,947), « dires » (#11,949), « datée » (#11,946). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diras » est au #11,948. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around diras (IPA \di.ʁa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,948 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de l’indicatif du verbe dire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for diras, with forms such as "ddiras", "diars", and "dirass". 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, "Drs", "dire", "dits", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is diras, spelled D-I-R-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de l’indicatif du verbe dire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Là, mon petit, tu diras que le dernier degré de l’art littéraire est d’empreindre l’idée dans l’image.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiras
  • diars
  • dirass
  • dirras
  • dirsa
  • drias
  • idras

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diras - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddiras1diars2dirass1dirras1dirsa2drias2idras2
Edit distance from "diras"

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 "diras"?
"diras" is spelled D-I-R-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁa\.
What does "diras" mean?
As a verb, "diras" means: Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de l’indicatif du verbe dire.
What words are commonly confused with "diras"?
"diras" is commonly confused with "Drs", "dire", "dits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diras"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diras" is \di.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diras" come from?
"diras" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dires#11,949datée#11,946Dante#11,945crête#11,944

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Dumas7 variantsclean7 variantsfarce7 variantshonda7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list