dittographie
\di.to.gʁa.fi\
The verdict
“dittographie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répétition accidentelle d’une lettre, un mot ou un passage par un scribe ou un copiste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dittographie · dittographie · French
dittographie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dittographie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.to.gʁa.fi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dittographie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.to.gʁa.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Répétition accidentelle d’une lettre, un mot ou un passage par un scribe ou un copiste.".
No misspelling variants are generated for dittographie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dittographie, spelled D-I-T-T-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.
Definition
- 1Répétition accidentelle d’une lettre, un mot ou un passage par un scribe ou un copiste.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.