dirigeante

\di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃t\

/\di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“dirigeante” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,925. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,925
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui dirige.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dirigeante · dirigeante · French

dirigeante · rank #17,925 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,925
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH disparaitre

Nearest frequency peer: disparaitre (+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 « dirigeante »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dirigeante » 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).

dirigeante vs Dirigent
70% similar
dirigeante vs dirigeants
90% similar
dirigeante vs dirigeantes
91% similar

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

Key facts for dirigeante
PropertyValue
Headworddirigeante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃t\
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,925
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dirigeante »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dirigeantese 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 « disparaitre » (#17,926), « digestif » (#17,923), « divertir » (#17,927). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dirigeante » est au #17,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around dirigeante (IPA \di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,925 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Celle qui dirige.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for dirigeante, with forms such as "ddirigeante", "diirgeante", and "dirgieante". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Dirigent", "dirigeants", "dirigeantes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dirigeante, spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui dirige.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Versaillais balayèrent place Blanche une barricade défendue par deux cents femmes suivant l’exemple de Louise Michel, une des dirigeantes de la Commune. Puis ils nettoyèrent au canon la place de Clichy.
  2. Arrivée dans la soirée à bord d’un avion militaire américain, la dirigeante a été accueillie à son arrivée par Joseph Wu, le ministre taïwanais des Affaires étrangères.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddirigeante
  • diirgeante
  • dirgieante
  • diriegante
  • dirigaente
  • dirigeanet
  • dirigeannte
  • dirigeantte
  • dirigeatne
  • dirigenate
  • diriggeante
  • dirrigeante
  • driigeante
  • idrigeante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddirigeante1diirgeante2dirgieante2diriegante2dirigaente2dirigeanet2dirigeannte1dirigeantte1
Edit distance from "dirigeante"

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 "dirigeante"?
"dirigeante" is spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃t\.
What does "dirigeante" mean?
As a noun, "dirigeante" means: Celle qui dirige.
What words are commonly confused with "dirigeante"?
"dirigeante" is commonly confused with "Dirigent", "dirigeants", "dirigeantes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dirigeante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirigeante" is \di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dirigeante" come from?
"dirigeante" 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 "dirigeante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cuisinière#17,916défectueux#17,936conquérant#17,912désastreux#17,940

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

challenger14 variantsbénévolat14 variantsillustrent14 variantslicenciés14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list