déboutonner
\de.bu.tɔ.ne\
The verdict
“déboutonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrir, dégager en faisant sortir les boutons de la boutonnière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deboutonner · déboutonner · French
déboutonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | déboutonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.bu.tɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
déboutonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.bu.tɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for déboutonner, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is déboutonner, spelled D-É-B-O-U-T-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ouvrir, dégager en faisant sortir les boutons de la boutonnière.
- 2Ôter le bouton du col de la chemise pour mieux respirer.
- 3Ôter le bouton d'un fleuret.
- 4Parler librement, dire tout ce qu’on pense.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déboutonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils descendirent les marches de la station et, bientôt, se trouvèrent sous une voûte où ils déboutonnèrent leurs pardessus.
— Son pantalon dans l’aventure s’était déboutonné et, ayant glissé au bas de ses jambes, il n’avait d’autre ressource pour ne pas s’en séparer à jamais que de croiser ses pieds ou d’écarter les pattes […].
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.