débaucher
\de.bo.ʃe\
The verdict
“débaucher” is uncommon French (frequency #51,423 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,423
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeter dans la débauche, dans le vice.
Corpus desk
Index FR-debaucher · débaucher · French
débaucher · rank #51,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,423
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH dualisme
Nearest frequency peer: dualisme (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « débaucher »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dresseurs
dresseurs
48,581 corpus weight
- dribbles
dribbles
48,580 corpus weight
- dualisme
dualisme
48,579 corpus weight
- débaucher
débaucher
48,578 corpus weight
- déboutés
déboutés
48,577 corpus weight
- découpages
découpages
48,576 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « débaucher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | débaucher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.bo.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « débaucher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
débaucher is uncommon French at frequency #51,423 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.bo.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
débaucher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is débaucher, spelled D-É-B-A-U-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Jeter dans la débauche, dans le vice.
- 2Provoquer à rompre ses engagements, à manquer à son devoir, en parlant d’ouvriers, de soldats, etc.
- 3Renvoyer des ouvriers faute de travail à leur donner.
- 4Faire quitter un travail, une occupation sérieuse pour un divertissement honnête ou un autre travail.
- 5Quitter son travail après l’accomplissement quotidien de celui-ci.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how débaucher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oui ! je l'approuve parce que c'est ignoble ! un élève que j'avais stylé à la vertu !.. et c'est vous qui le débauchez... vous, son oncle !.. un homme qui a blanchi dans les manches de couteaux !
Les mauvaises compagnies l’ont débauché.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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