déboire
\de.bwaʁ\
The verdict
“déboire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mauvais goût qui reste d’un liquide après qu’on l’a bu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deboire · déboire · French
déboire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déboire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.bwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « déboire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
déboire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.bwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for déboire in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is déboire, spelled D-É-B-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Mauvais goût qui reste d’un liquide après qu’on l’a bu.
- 2Dégoût, regret, mécontentement ou désillusion qu’on éprouve face à ou à la suite de situations ou d'événements fâcheux.
- 3Événement malheureux, malchance, déveine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déboire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du vin qui a un insupportable déboire.
Ainsi dans les premiers temps du reboisement, beaucoup de reboiseurs […] ne distinguaient pas la valeur forestière des différents sols. Ils ont eu bien des déboires.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.