débecte
\de.bɛkt\
The verdict
“débecte” is uncommon French (frequency #82,880 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,880
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de débecter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | débecte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.bɛkt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “débecte” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
débecte is uncommon French at frequency #82,880 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.bɛkt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for débecte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 débecte, spelled D-É-B-E-C-T-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de débecter.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de débecter.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de débecter.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de débecter.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de débecter.
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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Using “débecte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-B-E-C-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.bɛkt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.