déballe
\de.bal\
The verdict
“déballe” is uncommon French (frequency #50,176 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,176
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom donné aux deux planches que l'on obtient en sciant grossièrement un morceau de bois.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déballe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.bal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #50,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déballe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
déballe is uncommon French at frequency #50,176 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.bal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné aux deux planches que l'on obtient en sciant grossièrement un morceau de bois.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for déballe, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is déballe, spelled D-É-B-A-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Nom donné aux deux planches que l'on obtient en sciant grossièrement un morceau de bois.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-B-A-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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