dissonance

\di.sɔ.nɑ̃s\

/\di.sɔ.nɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“dissonance” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,289. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,289
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faux accord, relation d’un son à un autre avec lequel il n’est pas consonant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dissonance · dissonance · French

dissonance · rank #42,289 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,289
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH disquettes

Nearest frequency peer: disquettes (-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 « dissonance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dissonance » 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
Key facts for dissonance
PropertyValue
Headworddissonance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.sɔ.nɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#42,289
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dissonance »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dissonancese 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 « disquettes » (#42,288), « distraite » (#42,290), « disjoncteur » (#42,287). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dissonance » est au #42,289. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around dissonance (IPA \di.sɔ.nɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,289 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for dissonance, with forms such as "ddissonance", "disonance", and "disosnance". 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 confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 dissonance, spelled D-I-S-S-O-N-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faux accord, relation d’un son à un autre avec lequel il n’est pas consonant.
  2. 2
    Disparité de ton, de style, de comportement, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La septième est une dissonance.
  2. Depuis sept ans, jamais il ne lui est échappé une parole, un sentiment, un geste, qui pussent produire une dissonance avec la divine harmonie de ses discours, de ses caresses et de son amour.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddissonance
  • disonance
  • disosnance
  • dissnoance
  • dissoannce
  • dissonacne
  • dissonancce
  • dissonanec
  • dissonannce
  • dissonnace
  • dissonnance
  • dsisonance
  • idssonance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddissonance1disonance1disosnance2dissnoance2dissoannce2dissonacne2dissonancce1dissonanec2
Edit distance from "dissonance"

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 "dissonance"?
"dissonance" is spelled D-I-S-S-O-N-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.sɔ.nɑ̃s\.
What does "dissonance" mean?
As a noun, "dissonance" means: Faux accord, relation d’un son à un autre avec lequel il n’est pas consonant.
What are common misspellings of "dissonance"?
Common misspellings include "ddissonance", "disonance", "disosnance", "dissnoance", "dissoannce". The correct spelling is "dissonance".
How do you pronounce "dissonance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dissonance" is \di.sɔ.nɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dissonance" come from?
"dissonance" 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 "dissonance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list