débrayage

\de.bʁɛ.jaʒ\

/\de.bʁɛ.jaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“débrayage” is uncommon French (frequency #61,466 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,466
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de débrayer ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-debrayage · débrayage · French

débrayage · rank #61,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,466
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH débordait

Nearest frequency peer: débordait (-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 « débrayage »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « débrayage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for débrayage
PropertyValue
Headworddébrayage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.bʁɛ.jaʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,466
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « débrayage » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.débrayagetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « débordait » (#61,465), « décisionnelle » (#61,467), « débattait » (#61,464). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « débrayage » est au #61,466. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

débrayage is uncommon French at frequency #61,466 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.bʁɛ.jaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for débrayage in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is débrayage, spelled D-É-B-R-A-Y-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de débrayer ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action de désaccoupler momentanément la boite de vitesse du moteur le temps d'effectuer le changement de vitesse.
  3. 3
    Arrêt de travail revendicatif de courte durée.
  4. 4
    Action qui consiste à enlever les cordes ou câbles de levage d'une charge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how débrayage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vous êtes surpris de ce débrayage spontané car aucun mot d’ordre de grève n’a été lancé par les syndicats.
  2. Que le brayage et le débrayage d’une toise cube, compris temps perdu, emploie 16 heures d’une journée de bardeur, […].

Antonyms

embrayagebrayage

This word in other languages

Ausstand(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "débrayage"?
"débrayage" is spelled D-É-B-R-A-Y-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.bʁɛ.jaʒ\.
What does "débrayage" mean?
As a noun, "débrayage" means: Action de débrayer ou résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "débrayage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "débrayage" is \de.bʁɛ.jaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "débrayage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "débrayage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

débordait#61,465débattait#61,464déferlent#61,473doublette#61,458

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list