décagénaire
\de.ka.ʒe.nɛʁ\
The verdict
“décagénaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Personne dont l’âge se situe entre dix et dix-neuf ans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decagenaire · décagénaire · French
décagénaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | décagénaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ka.ʒe.nɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décagénaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décagénaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ka.ʒe.nɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne dont l’âge se situe entre dix et dix-neuf ans.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for décagénaire in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is décagénaire, spelled D-É-C-A-G-É-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Personne dont l’âge se situe entre dix et dix-neuf ans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décagénaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parallèlement, les émissions du Studio régional du Hainaut sont diversifiées : on crée des émissions de bonnes chansons, de musique classique, de poésie et de reportages consacrés aux décagénaires.
Cent cinquante mille décagénaires étaient au rendez-vous sabbatique, manifestant cet enthousiasme qui a le don d'ahurir totalement l'adulte. De quoi s'agit-il ? De la promotion de nouveaux artistes de la chanson.
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