distance
\dis.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“distance” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,518. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,518
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intervalle ; longueur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-distance · distance · French
distance · rank #1,518 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,518
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH davantage
Nearest frequency peer: davantage (-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 « distance »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- croissance
croissance
98,486 corpus weight
- célèbre
célèbre
98,485 corpus weight
- davantage
davantage
98,484 corpus weight
- distance
distance
98,483 corpus weight
- détails
détails
98,482 corpus weight
- entier
entier
98,481 corpus weight
What this shows « distance » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dis.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « distance »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around distance (IPA \dis.tɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,518 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for distance, with forms such as "ddistance", "disatnce", and "disstance". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "distant", "distinct", "distante", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is distance, spelled D-I-S-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Intervalle ; longueur.
- 2Intervalle de temps.
- 3Différence de nature, de statut ou de classe sociale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how distance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des recherches menées par le Road Safety Trust et l’université de Westminster ont révélé qu’une distance d’au moins 1,5 mètre au moment de dépasser les cyclistes diminue sensiblement la fréquence des accidents. Des études de l’université de Bath ont prouvé que les manœuvres de dépassement laissant une distance inférieure à 1,5 mètre sont particulièrement…
A peu de distance de Dinant, en Belgique, dans la vallée de la Lesse, il existe un assez grand nombre de ces grottes qui ont dû servir d’habitation ou de refuge à nos ancêtres ; […]
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddistance
- disatnce
- disstance
- distacne
- distancce
- distanec
- distannce
- distnace
- disttance
- ditsance
- dsitance
- idstance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of distance - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).