disque

\disk\

/\disk\/ noun

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The verdict

“disque” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,668
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palet circulaire utilisé pour le lancer du disque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-disque · disque · French

disque · rank #2,668 · 8 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,668
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH connaissent

Nearest frequency peer: connaissent (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “disque”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “disque” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

disque vs disques
86% similar
disque vs dise
67% similar
disque vs digue
67% similar

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

Key facts for disque
PropertyValue
Headworddisque
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\disk\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,668
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “disque” sits in French frequency

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).disque lands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around disque (IPA \disk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,668 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for disque, with forms such as "ddisque", "diqsue", and "disqeu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "disques", "dise", "digue", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is disque, spelled D-I-S-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Palet circulaire utilisé pour le lancer du disque.
  2. 2
    Disque intervertébral. Cartilage entre deux vertèbres.
  3. 3
    Surface délimitée par un cercle.
  4. 4
    Surface visible des grands astres, qui, à nos yeux, paraissent ronds et plats.
  5. 5
    Partie des fleurs radiées qui en occupe le centre.
  6. 6
    Partie élargie et membraneuse d’une feuille.
  7. 7
    Signal commandant une marche à vue suivie d’un arrêt avant le premier appareil de voie.
  8. 8
    Pièce sur laquelle se fait, par frottement, la déperdition de chaleur liée au freinage.
  9. 9
    Pièce rotative, et coupante ou abrasive, utilisée sur une meuleuse, un disque abrasif, un disque à tronçonner, un disque diamant
  10. 10
    Support d’enregistrement musical de la forme d’un très mince cylindre.
  11. 11
    Cultivateur-tasseur.
  12. 12
    Situation ou propos qui se répète de façon lassante ; rengaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le lancer du disque s’exécute grâce à un élan en « tourbillon ».
  2. Les discopathies peuvent toucher un ou plusieurs disques. Le disque le plus sujet à cette dégénérescence est le disque situé à la jonction lombo-sacrée entre les vertèbres L5 et S1.

This word in other languages

discus(English)disco(Español)Diskus(Deutsch)disco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddisque
  • diqsue
  • disqeu
  • disqque
  • dissque
  • disuqe
  • dsique
  • idsque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of disque - 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.

ddisque1diqsue2disqeu2disqque1dissque1disuqe2dsique2idsque2
Edit distance from "disque"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "disque"?
"disque" is spelled D-I-S-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \disk\.
What does "disque" mean?
As a noun, "disque" means: Palet circulaire utilisé pour le lancer du disque.
What words are commonly confused with "disque"?
"disque" is commonly confused with "disques", "dise", "digue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "disque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disque" is \disk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disque" come from?
"disque" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

décret#2,669allant#2,656voient#2,652morale#2,685

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

désir8 variantssoumis8 variantssolide8 variantspêche8 variants

What to do next

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  • "disque" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "disques". View pair
  • 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #2,668 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list