dixième
\di.zjɛm\
The verdict
“dixième” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,229. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,229
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne l’ordinal ou la fraction dixième.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dixieme · dixième · French
dixième · rank #8,229 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,229
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH directs
Nearest frequency peer: directs (-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 « dixième »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Cécile
Cécile
91,775 corpus weight
- dessine
dessine
91,774 corpus weight
- directs
directs
91,773 corpus weight
- dixième
dixième
91,772 corpus weight
- duchesse
duchesse
91,771 corpus weight
- délégués
délégués
91,770 corpus weight
What this shows « dixième » 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 | dixième |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.zjɛm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #8,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dixième »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around dixième (IPA \di.zjɛm\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,229 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for dixième, with forms such as "ddixième", "diixème", and "dixieme". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "dixièmes", "Xe", "dixie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dixième, spelled D-I-X-I-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne l’ordinal ou la fraction dixième.
- 2(Lui dixième, elle dixième ou en dixième) Avec neuf autres.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dixième appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le premier Français, Mehdi Frère, a terminé dixième, en 2h11’04”.
Le Gouvernement a renouvelé pour la dixième fois, en 1865, le grand concours biennal de composition musicale, institué par l'arrêté royal du 19 septembre 1840.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddixième
- diixème
- dixieme
- diximèe
- dixièem
- dixièmme
- dixxième
- dixèime
- dxiième
- idxième
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dixième - 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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).