durcissement
\dyʁ.sis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“durcissement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,040. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,040
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de se durcir ou état de ce qui est durci.
Corpus desk
Index FR-durcissement · durcissement · French
durcissement · rank #27,040 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,040
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH douanière
Nearest frequency peer: douanière (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “durcissement”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dissident
dissident
72,964 corpus weight
- doi
doi
72,963 corpus weight
- douanière
douanière
72,962 corpus weight
- durcissement
durcissement
72,961 corpus weight
- déchirent
déchirent
72,960 corpus weight
- dépouilles
dépouilles
72,958 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “durcissement” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | durcissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dyʁ.sis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #27,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “durcissement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around durcissement (IPA \dyʁ.sis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,040 among 404,891 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for durcissement, with forms such as "ddurcissement", "drucissement", and "ducrissement". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is durcissement, spelled D-U-R-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de se durcir ou état de ce qui est durci.
- 2processus destiné à sécuriser un système.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddurcissement
- drucissement
- ducrissement
- durccissement
- durcisement
- durcisesment
- durcisseemnt
- durcissemennt
- durcissementt
- durcissemetn
- durcissemment
- durcissemnet
- durcissmeent
- durcsisement
- duricssement
- durrcissement
- udrcissement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of durcissement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "durcissement", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.