dissimilarité

\di.si.mi.la.ʁi.te\

/\di.si.mi.la.ʁi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“dissimilarité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est dissimilaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dissimilarite · dissimilarité · French

dissimilarité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for dissimilarité
PropertyValue
Headworddissimilarité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.si.mi.la.ʁi.te\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dissimilarité » en français

dissimilaritéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dissimilarité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.si.mi.la.ʁi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qualité de ce qui est dissimilaire.".

dissimilarité doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dissimilarité, spelled D-I-S-S-I-M-I-L-A-R-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité de ce qui est dissimilaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Notons βₑ l'indice « d’euclidiennité » de la dissimilarité δ ; cela signifie que pour β ≤ βₑ, la dissimilarité T_β(δ) est euclidienne, et non euclidienne pour β > βₑ.
  2. La dissimilarité des deux textes est inférieure quand les occurrences sont réparties par catégorie ce qui traduit un parallélisme structurel des discours du Dalaï-Lama et de Thich Nhat Hanh.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dissimilarité"?
"dissimilarité" is spelled D-I-S-S-I-M-I-L-A-R-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \di.si.mi.la.ʁi.te\.
What does "dissimilarité" mean?
As a noun, "dissimilarité" means: Qualité de ce qui est dissimilaire.
How do you pronounce "dissimilarité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dissimilarité" is \di.si.mi.la.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dissimilarité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list