dirige

\di.ʁiʒ\

/\di.ʁiʒ\/ verb

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The verdict

“dirige” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,529. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,529
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de diriger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dirige · dirige · French

dirige · rank #3,529 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,529
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH diable

Nearest frequency peer: diable (-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 « dirige »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dirige » 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).

dirige vs drive
67% similar
dirige vs dixie
67% similar
dirige vs divine
67% similar

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

Key facts for dirige
PropertyValue
Headworddirige
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.ʁiʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,529
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dirige »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dirigese 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 « diable » (#3,528), « dise » (#3,530), « destinée » (#3,527). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dirige » est au #3,529. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around dirige (IPA \di.ʁiʒ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,529 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for dirige, with forms such as "ddirige", "diirge", and "dirgie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "drive", "dixie", "divine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dirige, spelled D-I-R-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de diriger.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de diriger.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de diriger.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de diriger.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de diriger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’ouvrier est décervelé, son corps psychomoteur se trouve engrené et rythmicisé par la machine, les ordres des petits chefs, l’automate que dirige l’entrepreneur.
  2. Elle retourne sur la pointe des pieds border Lucien qui s’est découvert en dormant, puis se dirige à la lueur des appliques de la salle de bains jusqu’au semainier où elle range ses bijoux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddirige
  • diirge
  • dirgie
  • dirieg
  • dirigge
  • dirrige
  • driige
  • idrige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddirige1diirge2dirgie2dirieg2dirigge1dirrige1driige2idrige2
Edit distance from "dirige"

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 "dirige"?
"dirige" is spelled D-I-R-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁiʒ\.
What does "dirige" mean?
As a verb, "dirige" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de diriger.
What words are commonly confused with "dirige"?
"dirige" is commonly confused with "drive", "dixie", "divine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dirige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirige" is \di.ʁiʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dirige" come from?
"dirige" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

diable#3,528ferais#3,534francs#3,536fusion#3,538

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

chers8 variantsamener8 variantsamende8 variantsprévue8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list