discrépance
\dis.kʁe.pɑ̃s\
The verdict
“discrépance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Simultanéité désagréable de sons, de sensations, d'avis, etc., qui ne s'accordent pas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-discrepance · discrépance · French
discrépance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discrépance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.kʁe.pɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
discrépance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dis.kʁe.pɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for discrépance in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 discrépance, spelled D-I-S-C-R-É-P-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Simultanéité désagréable de sons, de sensations, d'avis, etc., qui ne s'accordent pas.
- 2Divergence, dissemblance, disproportion, écart.
- 3Décrit la déviation, parfois asymptotique, d'une situation considérée comme régulière. Par exemple, dans le contexte d'une suite de nombres dans un intervalle, la discrépance mesure l'écart maximal de la suite donnée avec l'équirépartition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how discrépance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous n’aimez pas la discrépance, la dissonance.
Les notables s’étaient prononcés à l’unanimité, sans discrépance ou diversité aucune, contre le duc de Bourgogne.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.