dissous

\di.su\

/\di.su\/ adj

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The verdict

“dissous” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,127
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a été solubilisé, dispersé dans un liquide appelé « solvant ».

Corpus desk

Index FR-dissous · dissous · French

dissous · rank #15,127 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,127
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dissoudre

Nearest frequency peer: dissoudre (-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 « dissous »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dissous » 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).

dissous vs dissout
86% similar
dissous vs dissoute
75% similar
dissous vs dissoutes
78% similar

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

Key facts for dissous
PropertyValue
Headworddissous
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\di.su\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,127
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dissous »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dissousse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dissoudre » (#15,126), « donateurs » (#15,128), « deviendront » (#15,125). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dissous » est au #15,127. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around dissous (IPA \di.su\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,127 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for dissous, with forms such as "ddissous", "disosus", and "disous". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "dissout", "dissoute", "dissoutes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dissous, spelled D-I-S-S-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a été solubilisé, dispersé dans un liquide appelé « solvant ».
  2. 2
    Rompu.
  3. 3
    Supprimé, démantelé.
  4. 4
    Désorganisé au point de disparaître.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le pastis, qui titre à 40 degrés, maintient les terpènes dissous. En présence d’eau, la dissémination de ces molécules donne un liquide laiteux.
  2. À dater de quel moment le mariage est-il dissous par le divorce ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddissous
  • disosus
  • disous
  • dissosu
  • dissouss
  • dissuos
  • dsisous
  • idssous

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddissous1disosus2disous1dissosu2dissouss1dissuos2dsisous2idssous2
Edit distance from "dissous"

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 "dissous"?
"dissous" is spelled D-I-S-S-O-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \di.su\.
What does "dissous" mean?
As an adjective, "dissous" means: Qui a été solubilisé, dispersé dans un liquide appelé « solvant ».
What words are commonly confused with "dissous"?
"dissous" is commonly confused with "dissout", "dissoute", "dissoutes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dissous"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dissous" is \di.su\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dissous" come from?
"dissous" 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 "dissous", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

devenez#15,124déserte#15,136conçues#15,115entrave#15,140

Similar misspelling depth

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

dosage8 variantshardy8 variantsbattait8 variantsHussein8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list