disciple

\di.sipl\

/\di.sipl\/ noun

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The verdict

“disciple” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,354
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui apprend d’un maître quelque science ou quelque art libéral.

Corpus desk

Index FR-disciple · disciple · French

disciple · rank #12,354 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,354
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dirigent

Nearest frequency peer: Dirigent (-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 « disciple »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « disciple » 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).

disciple vs dissipe
75% similar
disciple vs distille
75% similar
disciple vs dissipée
75% similar

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

Key facts for disciple
PropertyValue
Headworddisciple
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.sipl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,354
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « disciple »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).disciplese 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 « Dirigent » (#12,353), « diffère » (#12,352), « dividendes » (#12,356). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « disciple » est au #12,354. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around disciple (IPA \di.sipl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,354 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for disciple, with forms such as "ddisciple", "dicsiple", and "discciple". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "dissipe", "distille", "dissipée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is disciple, spelled D-I-S-C-I-P-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui apprend d’un maître quelque science ou quelque art libéral.
  2. 2
    Personne qui suit la doctrine d’un autre, qui s’attache à ses principes, à ses sentiments, surtout quand il s’agit des doctrines politiques, religieuses ou philosophiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Réaumur, plus observateur et moins métaphysicien que son disciple, fut beaucoup plus embarrassé. Il proposa plusieurs hypothèses, sans s’arrêter sérieusement à aucune.
  2. En algèbre, sentant mon interlocuteur plus calé que je ne le suis, je reprends mon rôle de disciple attentif.

This word in other languages

disciple(English)discípulo(Español)mitlaufer(Deutsch)discípulo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddisciple
  • dicsiple
  • discciple
  • discilpe
  • discipel
  • disciplle
  • discipple
  • discpile
  • disicple
  • dissciple
  • dsiciple
  • idsciple

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddisciple1dicsiple2discciple1discilpe2discipel2disciplle1discipple1discpile2
Edit distance from "disciple"

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 "disciple"?
"disciple" is spelled D-I-S-C-I-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.sipl\.
What does "disciple" mean?
As a noun, "disciple" means: Personne qui apprend d’un maître quelque science ou quelque art libéral.
What words are commonly confused with "disciple"?
"disciple" is commonly confused with "dissipe", "distille", "dissipée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "disciple"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disciple" is \di.sipl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disciple" come from?
"disciple" 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 "disciple", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dirigent#12,353divinité#12,357donation#12,358durement#12,361

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

comparée12 variantsexplosif12 variantsCambodge12 variantsbaptisée12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list