discipline

\di.si.plin\

/\di.si.plin\/ noun

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The verdict

“discipline” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,453. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,453
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Méthode d’enseignement, d’éducation et de direction.

Corpus desk

Index FR-discipline · discipline · French

discipline · rank #3,453 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,453
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dingue

Nearest frequency peer: dingue (-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 « discipline »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « discipline » 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).

discipline vs disciplinés
82% similar
discipline vs discipliner
91% similar
discipline vs disciple
80% similar

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

Key facts for discipline
PropertyValue
Headworddiscipline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.si.plin\
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,453
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « discipline »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).disciplinese 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 « dingue » (#3,452), « défi » (#3,454), « dimension » (#3,451). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « discipline » est au #3,453. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around discipline (IPA \di.si.plin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,453 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for discipline, with forms such as "ddiscipline", "dicsipline", and "disccipline". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "disciplinés", "discipliner", "disciple", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 discipline, spelled D-I-S-C-I-P-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Méthode d’enseignement, d’éducation et de direction.
  2. 2
    Matière d’enseignement.
  3. 3
    Règle de conduite commune à tous ceux qui font partie d’un corps, d’un ordre, etc, et l’obéissance à cette règle.
  4. 4
    Ensemble des règles de conduite définissant un métier, un sport, le respect des bonnes pratiques et de l’éthique.
  5. 5
    Fouet de cordelettes ou de petites chaînes dont se servent quelquefois encore certains dévots ou des religieux, pour se mortifier, ou pour châtier ceux qui sont sous leur conduite.
  6. 6
    Marques laissées par cet fouet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vous êtes sous la discipline d’un maître éprouvé.
  2. La discipline de l’esprit.

This word in other languages

discipline(English)disciplina(Español)Disziplin(Deutsch)disciplina(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiscipline
  • dicsipline
  • disccipline
  • discilpine
  • discipilne
  • disciplien
  • disciplinne
  • disciplline
  • disciplnie
  • discippline
  • discpiline
  • disicpline
  • disscipline
  • dsicipline
  • idscipline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discipline - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddiscipline1dicsipline2disccipline1discilpine2discipilne2disciplien2disciplinne1disciplline1
Edit distance from "discipline"

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 "discipline"?
"discipline" is spelled D-I-S-C-I-P-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.si.plin\.
What does "discipline" mean?
As a noun, "discipline" means: Méthode d’enseignement, d’éducation et de direction.
What words are commonly confused with "discipline"?
"discipline" is commonly confused with "disciplinés", "discipliner", "disciple". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "discipline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "discipline" is \di.si.plin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "discipline" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list