débiter
The verdict
“débiter” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #36,810 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #36,810
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Vendre d’une façon continue, répétée, surtout au détail.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | débiter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.bi.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #36,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “débiter” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for débiter is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.bi.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,810 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for débiter, with forms such as "dbéiter", "ddébiter", and "debiter". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "débute", "défier", "débits", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is débiter, spelled D-É-B-I-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Vendre d’une façon continue, répétée, surtout au détail.
- 2Assurer l’écoulement ou le débit de quelque chose.
- 3Réciter sans s’arrêter.
- 4Précipiter l’exécution d’un passage, de manière à y substituer l’accent de la parole à l’accent musical.
- 5Raconter, aller dire une chose de côté et d’autre, ou la répéter souvent.
- 6Découper, tailler une matière en morceaux tout prêts à être employés.
- 7Couper un arbre abattu en bois de chauffage.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: dbéiter,ddébiter,debiter,débbiter,débietr,débiterr,débitre,débitter,débtier,déibter,édbiter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of débiter — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "débiter"
Frequency rank: #36,810 in French
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Using “débiter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-B-I-T-E-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.bi.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “débute” — see the side-by-side comparison. débiter vs débute
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter D in our French index: