déballer

\de.ba.le\

/\de.ba.le\/ verb

The verdict

“déballer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,904. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,904
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extraire d’une balle, d’un paquet, d’une caisse, etc., ce qu’ils contiennent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deballer · déballer · French

déballer · rank #35,904 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,904
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dona

Nearest frequency peer: dona (-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 « déballer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « déballer » 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).

déballer vs décaler
75% similar
déballer vs décoller
75% similar
déballer vs détailler
78% similar

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

Key facts for déballer
PropertyValue
Headworddéballer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ba.le\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,904
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déballer »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dona » (#35,903), « débarasser » (#35,905), « DN » (#35,902). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déballer » est au #35,904. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around déballer (IPA \de.ba.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,904 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for déballer, with forms such as "dbéaller", "ddéballer", and "deballer". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "décaler", "décoller", "détailler", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is déballer, spelled D-É-B-A-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extraire d’une balle, d’un paquet, d’une caisse, etc., ce qu’ils contiennent.
  2. 2
    Révéler des informations inconnues ou confidentielles sur une ou plusieurs personnes.
  3. 3
    Décompresser une archive ou un fichier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On s’en vient donc deux à deux et quand on a trouvé dans un petit coin, au bord du bois, un endroit paisible et solitaire, on déballe les provisions et l’on s’assied.
  2. La saison des vide-greniers s'ouvre alors que le printemps pointe, pour la plus grande joie de tous leurs amateurs. Ceux-ci, vendeurs, « déballent » aux aurores sur des tréteaux branlants, ou « chineurs », farfouillent fébrilement dans les tas de vieilleries au charme désuet, en quête de la perle rare.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dbéaller
  • ddéballer
  • deballer
  • déabller
  • débalelr
  • débaler
  • déballerr
  • déballre
  • débballer
  • déblaler
  • édballer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

dbéaller2ddéballer1deballer1déabller2débalelr2débaler1déballerr1déballre2
Edit distance from "déballer"

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 "déballer"?
"déballer" is spelled D-É-B-A-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ba.le\.
What does "déballer" mean?
As a verb, "déballer" means: Extraire d’une balle, d’un paquet, d’une caisse, etc., ce qu’ils contiennent.
What words are commonly confused with "déballer"?
"déballer" is commonly confused with "décaler", "décoller", "détailler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déballer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déballer" is \de.ba.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déballer" come from?
"déballer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déballer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list