discours

\dis.kuʁ\

/\dis.kuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“discours” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #939. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#939
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Actualisation de la langue ; suite de mots qu’on emploie concrètement pour exprimer sa pensée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-discours · discours · French

discours · rank #939 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #939
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH directement

Nearest frequency peer: directement (-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 « discours »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « discours » 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).

discours vs dissous
75% similar
discours vs discord
75% similar
discours vs discount
75% similar

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

Key facts for discours
PropertyValue
Headworddiscours
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dis.kuʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#939
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « discours »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.discoursse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « directement » (#938), « dur » (#940), « devenu » (#937). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « discours » est au #939. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around discours (IPA \dis.kuʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #939 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for discours, with forms such as "ddiscours", "dicsours", and "disccours". 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, "dissous", "discord", "discount", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is discours, spelled D-I-S-C-O-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Actualisation de la langue ; suite de mots qu’on emploie concrètement pour exprimer sa pensée.
  2. 2
    Exposé ou traité sur un sujet quelconque.
  3. 3
    Propos de la conversation, choses que l’on dit dans le commerce habituel de la vie.
  4. 4
    Texte lu ou propos improvisés devant un public.
  5. 5
    Dans les lycées et les collèges, exercice destiné à former les élèves aux principes de la composition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], et il appuyait son discours de gestes très marqués, scandant ses phrases d’énergiques mouvements de main, de haut en bas, comme on en fait pour appuyer une admonestation.
  2. En proposant le passage, incessant, d’un discours ordinaire au champ de la science, en devenant un « agitateur de mots », le vulgarisateur se donne un joli rôle: celui de l’intermédiaire, du « passeur de mots ».

Synonyms

traité

This word in other languages

speech(English)discurso(Español)Rede(Deutsch)discurso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiscours
  • dicsours
  • disccours
  • discorus
  • discourrs
  • discourss
  • discousr
  • discuors
  • disocurs
  • disscours
  • dsicours
  • idscours

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discours - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddiscours1dicsours2disccours1discorus2discourrs1discourss1discousr2discuors2
Edit distance from "discours"

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 "discours"?
"discours" is spelled D-I-S-C-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.kuʁ\.
What does "discours" mean?
As a noun, "discours" means: Actualisation de la langue ; suite de mots qu’on emploie concrètement pour exprimer sa pensée.
What words are commonly confused with "discours"?
"discours" is commonly confused with "dissous", "discord", "discount". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "discours"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "discours" is \dis.kuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "discours" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

explique#941critique#934éléments#931vendredi#953

Similar misspelling depth

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

personnel12 variantsapprendre12 variantsassemblée12 variantstoutefois12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list