dirigeons

\di.ʁi.ʒɔ̃\

/\di.ʁi.ʒɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“dirigeons” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,982. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,982
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-dirigeons · dirigeons · French

dirigeons · rank #44,982 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,982
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dindes

Nearest frequency peer: dindes (-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 « dirigeons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dirigeons » 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).

dirigeons vs Dirigent
67% similar
dirigeons vs dirigées
67% similar
dirigeons vs dirigeant
78% similar

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

Key facts for dirigeons
PropertyValue
Headworddirigeons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.ʁi.ʒɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#44,982
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dirigeons »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dirigeonsse 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 « dindes » (#44,981), « discothèques » (#44,983), « dilettante » (#44,980). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dirigeons » est au #44,982. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around dirigeons (IPA \di.ʁi.ʒɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,982 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for dirigeons, with forms such as "ddirigeons", "diirgeons", and "dirgieons". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Dirigent", "dirigées", "dirigeant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 dirigeons, spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de diriger.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de diriger.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddirigeons
  • diirgeons
  • dirgieons
  • diriegons
  • dirigenos
  • dirigeonns
  • dirigeonss
  • dirigeosn
  • diriggeons
  • dirigoens
  • dirrigeons
  • driigeons
  • idrigeons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddirigeons1diirgeons2dirgieons2diriegons2dirigenos2dirigeonns1dirigeonss1dirigeosn2
Edit distance from "dirigeons"

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 "dirigeons"?
"dirigeons" is spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁi.ʒɔ̃\.
What does "dirigeons" mean?
As a verb, "dirigeons" means: Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de diriger.
What words are commonly confused with "dirigeons"?
"dirigeons" is commonly confused with "Dirigent", "dirigées", "dirigeant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dirigeons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirigeons" is \di.ʁi.ʒɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dirigeons" come from?
"dirigeons" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list