dissoute

\di.sut\

/\di.sut\/ adj

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The verdict

“dissoute” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,232. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,232
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de dissous (ou dissout).

Corpus desk

Index FR-dissoute · dissoute · French

dissoute · rank #22,232 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,232
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH disparités

Nearest frequency peer: disparités (-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 « dissoute »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « dissoute » 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).

dissoute vs dissoutes
89% similar
dissoute vs dispute
75% similar
dissoute vs discute
75% similar

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

Key facts for dissoute
PropertyValue
Headworddissoute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\di.sut\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,232
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dissoute »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dissoutese 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 « disparités » (#22,231), « divines » (#22,233), « disciplinaires » (#22,230). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dissoute » est au #22,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around dissoute (IPA \di.sut\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,232 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de dissous (ou dissout).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for dissoute, with forms such as "ddissoute", "disosute", and "disoute". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "dissoutes", "dispute", "discute", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 dissoute, spelled D-I-S-S-O-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de dissous (ou dissout).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddissoute
  • disosute
  • disoute
  • dissotue
  • dissouet
  • dissoutte
  • dissuote
  • dsisoute
  • idssoute

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddissoute1disosute2disoute1dissotue2dissouet2dissoutte1dissuote2dsisoute2
Edit distance from "dissoute"

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 "dissoute"?
"dissoute" is spelled D-I-S-S-O-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.sut\.
What does "dissoute" mean?
As an adjective, "dissoute" means: Féminin singulier de dissous (ou dissout).
What words are commonly confused with "dissoute"?
"dissoute" is commonly confused with "dissoutes", "dispute", "discute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dissoute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dissoute" is \di.sut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dissoute" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

diraient#22,229diocèses#22,228couchant#22,220désirait#22,245

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

dogmes9 variantsdévier9 variantsdévolu9 variantsencens9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list