dissimuler

\di.si.my.le\

/\di.si.my.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“dissimuler” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,012
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cacher ses sentiments, ses desseins ou, par une conduite réservée, artificieuse, ne pas les laisser apercevoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dissimuler · dissimuler · French

dissimuler · rank #14,012 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,012
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dirigées

Nearest frequency peer: dirigées (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dissimuler »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dissimuler » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

dissimuler vs dissimulé
80% similar
dissimuler vs dissimulée
80% similar
dissimuler vs dissimulées
82% similar

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

Key facts for dissimuler
PropertyValue
Headworddissimuler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.si.my.le\
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,012
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dissimuler »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dissimulerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dirigées » (#14,011), « districts » (#14,013), « dinosaures » (#14,010). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dissimuler » est au #14,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around dissimuler (IPA \di.si.my.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,012 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for dissimuler, with forms such as "ddissimuler", "disimuler", and "disismuler". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dissimulé", "dissimulée", "dissimulées", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dissimuler, spelled D-I-S-S-I-M-U-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cacher ses sentiments, ses desseins ou, par une conduite réservée, artificieuse, ne pas les laisser apercevoir.
  2. 2
    Faire semblant de ne pas remarquer, de ne pas ressentir quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Rendre moins apparent ou invisible ; cacher.
  4. 4
    Ne pas s’avouer quelque chose ; ne pas le reconnaître.
  5. 5
    Se cacher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dissimulez. Votre rivale en pleurs Vient à vos pieds sans doute apporter ses douleurs.
  2. Une patricienne italienne peut ripoliner la façade de son présidentiel époux, et tenter, en vain, de dissimuler sa confondante vulgarité d’activiste, sa vraie nature pointe toujours.

This word in other languages

hide(English)disimular(Español)verhehlen(Deutsch)dissimular(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddissimuler
  • disimuler
  • disismuler
  • dissimluer
  • dissimmuler
  • dissimuelr
  • dissimulerr
  • dissimuller
  • dissimulre
  • dissiumler
  • dissmiuler
  • dsisimuler
  • idssimuler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddissimuler1disimuler1disismuler2dissimluer2dissimmuler1dissimuelr2dissimulerr1dissimuller1
Edit distance from "dissimuler"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dissimuler"?
"dissimuler" is spelled D-I-S-S-I-M-U-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \di.si.my.le\.
What does "dissimuler" mean?
As a verb, "dissimuler" means: Cacher ses sentiments, ses desseins ou, par une conduite réservée, artificieuse, ne pas les laisser apercevoir.
What words are commonly confused with "dissimuler"?
"dissimuler" is commonly confused with "dissimulé", "dissimulée", "dissimulées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dissimuler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dissimuler" is \di.si.my.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dissimuler" come from?
"dissimuler" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dinosaures#14,010courageuse#14,003continuait#13,999connexions#13,997

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

décompte13 variantsdéroulera13 variantsexcédent13 variantsBluetooth13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list