débutiner
\de.by.ti.ne\
The verdict
“débutiner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Piller ; dévaliser ; prendre le butin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-debutiner · débutiner · French
débutiner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | débutiner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.by.ti.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « débutiner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
débutiner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.by.ti.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for débutiner, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is débutiner, spelled D-É-B-U-T-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Piller ; dévaliser ; prendre le butin.
- 2Nettoyer ; enlever les immondices.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how débutiner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bath , bath , il en échapperoit quelques-uns ; allons sur le champ avec des gourdins débutiner cette boutique d'assemblée ,et jettons sa sacré république les quatre fers en l'air, comme une vieille guenon.
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.