distille

\dis.til\

/\dis.til\/ verb

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The verdict

“distille” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,256. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,256
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de distiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-distille · distille · French

distille · rank #39,256 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,256
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH distinguait

Nearest frequency peer: distinguait (+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 « distille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « distille » 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).

distille vs distiller
89% similar
distille vs disciple
75% similar

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

Key facts for distille
PropertyValue
Headworddistille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\dis.til\
Letters8
Frequency rank#39,256
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « distille »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « distinguait » (#39,257), « dinner » (#39,254), « djebel » (#39,258). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « distille » est au #39,256. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around distille (IPA \dis.til\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,256 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for distille, with forms such as "ddistille", "disitlle", and "disstille". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "distiller", "disciple", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is distille, spelled D-I-S-T-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de distiller.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de distiller.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de distiller.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de distiller.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de distiller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pendant deux sessions de deux heures, Francky Denis, ancien boxeur professionnel reconverti en animateur sportif, distille ses conseils.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddistille
  • disitlle
  • disstille
  • distile
  • distilel
  • distlile
  • disttille
  • ditsille
  • dsitille
  • idstille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddistille1disitlle2disstille1distile1distilel2distlile2disttille1ditsille2
Edit distance from "distille"

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 "distille"?
"distille" is spelled D-I-S-T-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \dis.til\.
What does "distille" mean?
As a verb, "distille" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de distiller.
What words are commonly confused with "distille"?
"distille" is commonly confused with "distiller", "disciple". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "distille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "distille" is \dis.til\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "distille" come from?
"distille" 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 "distille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

craquant#39,245dégainer#39,268dénommés#39,272dérivent#39,274

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

dénouer10 variantsexcusée10 variantsexistes10 variantsClèves10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list