décaisser
\de.ke.se\
The verdict
“décaisser” 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) - Tirer d’une caisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decaisser · décaisser · French
décaisser · 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 | décaisser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ke.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décaisser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décaisser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ke.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for décaisser, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 décaisser, spelled D-É-C-A-I-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tirer d’une caisse.
- 2Tirer d’une caisse une somme d’argent.
- 3Ôter une partie du sol existant, sur une épaisseur déterminée, afin d’obtenir une surface plane et horizontale, appelée « niveau de plateforme », pour la suite des travaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décaisser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est toujours un beau moment lorsque l’on décaisse les objets d’une nouvelle exposition. Il y a beaucoup de fébrilité», a-t-il fait remarquer avant le déballage.
Quand on aura décaissé ces marchandises, il faudra en faire l’inventaire. - Il faut décaisser ces orangers.
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.