discernement
\di.sɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“discernement” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,109. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,109
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faculté de l’esprit qui sert à distinguer les choses, à séparer les questions, à en juger sainement, à apprécier la valeur intellectuelle et morale des gens.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discernement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.sɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #16,109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “discernement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around discernement (IPA \di.sɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,109 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Faculté de l’esprit qui sert à distinguer les choses, à séparer les questions, à en juger sainement, à apprécier la valeur intellectuelle et morale des gens.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for discernement, with forms such as "ddiscernement", "dicsernement", and "disccernement". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is discernement, spelled D-I-S-C-E-R-N-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Faculté de l’esprit qui sert à distinguer les choses, à séparer les questions, à en juger sainement, à apprécier la valeur intellectuelle et morale des gens.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiscernement
- dicsernement
- disccernement
- discenrement
- discerenment
- discerneemnt
- discernemennt
- discernementt
- discernemetn
- discernemment
- discernemnet
- discernmeent
- discernnement
- discerrnement
- discrenement
- disecrnement
- disscernement
- dsicernement
- idscernement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discernement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “discernement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-S-C-E-R-N-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \di.sɛʁ.nə.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.