dirigèrent

\di.ʁi.ʒɛʁ\

/\di.ʁi.ʒɛʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“dirigèrent” is uncommon French (frequency #68,202 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,202
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de diriger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dirigerent · dirigèrent · French

dirigèrent · rank #68,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,202
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dimensionnel

Nearest frequency peer: dimensionnel (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « dirigèrent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dirigèrent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dirigèrent
PropertyValue
Headworddirigèrent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.ʁi.ʒɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#68,202
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dirigèrent » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dirigèrenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dimensionnel » (#68,201), « discordantes » (#68,203), « Dieng » (#68,199). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dirigèrent » est au #68,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dirigèrent is uncommon French at frequency #68,202 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \di.ʁi.ʒɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de diriger.".

Zero misspellings are on record for dirigèrent in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dirigèrent, spelled D-I-R-I-G-È-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de diriger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ils récupérèrent leurs valises et se dirigèrent vers la sortie en quête d’un yellow cab.

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 "dirigèrent"?
"dirigèrent" is spelled D-I-R-I-G-È-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁi.ʒɛʁ\.
What does "dirigèrent" mean?
As a verb, "dirigèrent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de diriger.
How do you pronounce "dirigèrent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirigèrent" is \di.ʁi.ʒɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dirigèrent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list