dirent

\diʁ\

/\diʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“dirent” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,564
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-dirent · dirent · French

dirent · rank #30,564 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,564
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dinars

Nearest frequency peer: dinars (-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 « dirent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dirent » 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).

dirent vs dirt
67% similar
dirent vs dires
67% similar
dirent vs direz
67% similar

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

Key facts for dirent
PropertyValue
Headworddirent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\diʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,564
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dirent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).direntse 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 « dinars » (#30,563), « disparité » (#30,565), « dextérité » (#30,562). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dirent » est au #30,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around dirent (IPA \diʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,564 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de dire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dirent, with forms such as "ddirent", "diernt", and "dirennt". 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, "dirt", "dires", "direz", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dirent, spelled D-I-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de dire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les semaines qui suivirent la nomination, les gens très gentils qui, jusque-là, avaient pris l’habitude de me dire : « Tu verras, tu seras nominée », me dirent désormais : « Je te l’avais bien dit que tu serais nominée ».
  2. Comment peut-elle savoir quelque chose de notre inquiétude sur Michu ? personne du dehors n’est entré dans le château, elle nous gouaille, se dirent les deux espions par un regard.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddirent
  • diernt
  • dirennt
  • direntt
  • diretn
  • dirnet
  • dirrent
  • drient
  • idrent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddirent1diernt2dirennt1direntt1diretn2dirnet2dirrent1drient2
Edit distance from "dirent"

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 "dirent"?
"dirent" is spelled D-I-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \diʁ\.
What does "dirent" mean?
As a verb, "dirent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de dire.
What words are commonly confused with "dirent"?
"dirent" is commonly confused with "dirt", "dires", "direz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dirent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirent" is \diʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dirent" come from?
"dirent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dinars#30,563Dorval#30,568Decker#30,556decide#30,555

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Cézanne9 variantsenvieux9 variantsexquise9 variantsfactor9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list