discours
\dis.kuʁ\
The verdict
“discours” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #939 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #939
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Actualisation de la langue ; suite de mots qu’on emploie concrètement pour exprimer sa pensée.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discours |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.kuʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “discours” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for discours is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dis.kuʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #939 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Actualisation de la langue ; suite de mots qu’on emploie concrètement pour exprimer sa pensée.
- 2Exposé ou traité sur un sujet quelconque.
- 3Propos de la conversation, choses que l’on dit dans le commerce habituel de la vie.
- 4Texte lu ou propos improvisés devant un public.
- 5Dans les lycées et les collèges, exercice destiné à former les élèves aux principes de la composition.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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 “discours”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-S-C-O-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dis.kuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dissous” - see the side-by-side comparison. discours vs dissous
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.