dirigeaient

\di.ʁi.ʒɛ\

/\di.ʁi.ʒɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“dirigeaient” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,752
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de diriger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dirigeaient · dirigeaient · French

dirigeaient · rank #38,752 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,752
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dirigeable

Nearest frequency peer: dirigeable (-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 « dirigeaient »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dirigeaient » 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).

dirigeaient vs dirigeant
82% similar
dirigeaient vs dirigeait
82% similar

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

Key facts for dirigeaient
PropertyValue
Headworddirigeaient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.ʁi.ʒɛ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#38,752
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dirigeaient »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dirigeaientse 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 « dirigeable » (#38,751), « distancer » (#38,753), « dieter » (#38,750). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dirigeaient » est au #38,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around dirigeaient (IPA \di.ʁi.ʒɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,752 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de diriger.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for dirigeaient, with forms such as "ddirigeaient", "diirgeaient", and "dirgieaient". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "dirigeant", "dirigeait", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dirigeaient, spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-A-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de diriger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Seules les balayeuses municipales circulaient, ainsi que quelques Anglais qui s’obstinaient à prendre de véritables bains de mer et qui, en peignoir, se dirigeaient à grands pas vers la plage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddirigeaient
  • diirgeaient
  • dirgieaient
  • diriegaient
  • dirigaeient
  • dirigeaeint
  • dirigeaiennt
  • dirigeaientt
  • dirigeaietn
  • dirigeainet
  • dirigeiaent
  • diriggeaient
  • dirrigeaient
  • driigeaient
  • idrigeaient

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddirigeaient1diirgeaient2dirgieaient2diriegaient2dirigaeient2dirigeaeint2dirigeaiennt1dirigeaientt1
Edit distance from "dirigeaient"

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 "dirigeaient"?
"dirigeaient" is spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-A-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁi.ʒɛ\.
What does "dirigeaient" mean?
As a verb, "dirigeaient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de diriger.
What words are commonly confused with "dirigeaient"?
"dirigeaient" is commonly confused with "dirigeant", "dirigeait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dirigeaient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirigeaient" is \di.ʁi.ʒɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dirigeaient" come from?
"dirigeaient" 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 "dirigeaient", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list