discordance
\dis.kɔʁ.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“discordance” is uncommon French (frequency #69,752 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,752
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de ce qui est discordant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-discordance · discordance · French
discordance · rank #69,752 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,752
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diseases
Nearest frequency peer: diseases (+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 « discordance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- digèrent
digèrent
30,252 corpus weight
- diligent
diligent
30,251 corpus weight
- discordance
discordance
30,249 corpus weight
- diseases
diseases
30,248 corpus weight
- dispensation
dispensation
30,247 corpus weight
- disruption
disruption
30,246 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « discordance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discordance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.kɔʁ.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « discordance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
discordance is uncommon French at frequency #69,752 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \dis.kɔʁ.dɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for discordance, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 discordance, spelled D-I-S-C-O-R-D-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1État de ce qui est discordant.
- 2Interruption dans la continuité des strates créées par sédimentation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how discordance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De magnifiques éloges, vraiment. Seule, dans ce concert, une petite discordance. Il paraîtrait – votre parole d'honneur, n'est-ce pas ? – il paraîtrait donc que notre collègue aurait une fâcheuse tendance à s'adonner à la boisson.
Il n’a ni recherché ni connu l’amitié que, bien à tort, il devait juger passion mineure. Il a souffert en outre d’une longue discordance entre ses aspirations et la médiocrité des milieux dans lesquels il lui fallait se débattre.
This word in other languages
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 "discordance"?
What does "discordance" mean?
How do you pronounce "discordance"?
What language does "discordance" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "discordance", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).