diriger

\di.ʁi.ʒe\

/\di.ʁi.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“diriger” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,911. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,911
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diriger · diriger · French

diriger · rank #3,911 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,911
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH devais

Nearest frequency peer: devais (-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 « diriger »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « diriger » 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).

diriger vs driver
71% similar
diriger vs diviser
71% similar
diriger vs dirigez
86% similar

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

Key facts for diriger
PropertyValue
Headworddiriger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.ʁi.ʒe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,911
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diriger »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dirigerse 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 « devais » (#3,910), « der » (#3,909), « essayez » (#3,913). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diriger » est au #3,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around diriger (IPA \di.ʁi.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,911 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for diriger, with forms such as "ddiriger", "diirger", and "dirgier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "driver", "diviser", "dirigez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is diriger, spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement.
  2. 2
    Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement.
  3. 3
    Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement.
  4. 4
    Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement.
  5. 5
    Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement.
  6. 6
    Orienter dans un certain sens ou d’un certain côté.
  7. 7
    Orienter dans un certain sens ou d’un certain côté.
  8. 8
    Orienter dans un certain sens ou d’un certain côté.
  9. 9
    Poursuivre, accuser.
  10. 10
    Aller vers.
  11. 11
    Trouver la bonne direction, trouver son chemin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Diriger une manœuvre, une opération, une expédition.
  2. Diriger un chantier, des travaux, des recherches.

This word in other languages

direct(English)dirigir(Español)leiten(Deutsch)encaminhar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiriger
  • diirger
  • dirgier
  • diriegr
  • dirigerr
  • dirigger
  • dirigre
  • dirriger
  • driiger
  • idriger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddiriger1diirger2dirgier2diriegr2dirigerr1dirigger1dirigre2dirriger1
Edit distance from "diriger"

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 "diriger"?
"diriger" is spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁi.ʒe\.
What does "diriger" mean?
As a verb, "diriger" means: Conduire en exerçant un pouvoir, un commandement.
What words are commonly confused with "diriger"?
"diriger" is commonly confused with "driver", "diviser", "dirigez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diriger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diriger" is \di.ʁi.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diriger" come from?
"diriger" 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 "diriger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

essayez#3,913excuses#3,914fiction#3,916finance#3,917

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Bulletin10 variantsblessure10 variantsfromage10 variantsassister10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list