directes

\di.ʁɛkt\

/\di.ʁɛkt\/ adj

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The verdict

“directes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,688. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,688
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de direct.

Corpus desk

Index FR-directes · directes · French

directes · rank #10,688 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,688
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dimanches

Nearest frequency peer: dimanches (-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 « directes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « directes » 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).

directes vs directs
88% similar
directes vs director
75% similar
directes vs directeur
78% similar

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

Key facts for directes
PropertyValue
Headworddirectes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\di.ʁɛkt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,688
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « directes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.directesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dimanches » (#10,687), « documentaires » (#10,689), « dignes » (#10,686). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « directes » est au #10,688. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around directes (IPA \di.ʁɛkt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,688 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de direct.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for directes, with forms such as "ddirectes", "dierctes", and "dircetes". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "directs", "director", "directeur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is directes, spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de direct.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddirectes
  • dierctes
  • dircetes
  • direcctes
  • direcets
  • directess
  • directse
  • directtes
  • diretces
  • dirrectes
  • driectes
  • idrectes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of directes - 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.

ddirectes1dierctes2dircetes2direcctes1direcets2directess1directse2directtes1
Edit distance from "directes"

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 "directes"?
"directes" is spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁɛkt\.
What does "directes" mean?
As an adjective, "directes" means: Féminin pluriel de direct.
What words are commonly confused with "directes"?
"directes" is commonly confused with "directs", "director", "directeur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "directes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "directes" is \di.ʁɛkt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "directes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cyclisme#10,682détruits#10,694emprunts#10,696engagées#10,697

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

dictateur12 variantsconfiant12 variantsgarnison12 variantshomogène12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list