discrétionnaire
\dis.kʁe.sjɔ.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“discrétionnaire” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,247
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dont le pouvoir de décider est laissé à la discrétion, au jugement, au choix, à la préférence, à la volonté de quelqu'un.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discrétionnaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dis.kʁe.sjɔ.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #38,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “discrétionnaire” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around discrétionnaire (IPA \dis.kʁe.sjɔ.nɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,247 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for discrétionnaire, with forms such as "ddiscrétionnaire", "dicsrétionnaire", and "disccrétionnaire". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is discrétionnaire, spelled D-I-S-C-R-É-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Dont le pouvoir de décider est laissé à la discrétion, au jugement, au choix, à la préférence, à la volonté de quelqu'un.
- 2Illimité, sans contrôle, en parlant d’un pouvoir.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddiscrétionnaire
- dicsrétionnaire
- disccrétionnaire
- discretionnaire
- discrrétionnaire
- discrtéionnaire
- discréitonnaire
- discrétinonaire
- discrétionaire
- discrétionanire
- discrétionnaier
- discrétionnairre
- discrétionnarie
- discrétionniare
- discrétoinnaire
- discréttionnaire
- discértionnaire
- disrcétionnaire
- disscrétionnaire
- dsicrétionnaire
- idscrétionnaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of discrétionnaire - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “discrétionnaire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-S-C-R-É-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \dis.kʁe.sjɔ.nɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.