décantation
\de.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“décantation” is uncommon French (frequency #50,177 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,177
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de décanter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decantation · décantation · French
décantation · rank #50,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,177
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déballe
Nearest frequency peer: déballe (-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 « décantation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- draw
draw
49,827 corpus weight
- déballe
déballe
49,825 corpus weight
- décantation
décantation
49,824 corpus weight
- déchiffreme…
déchiffrement
49,823 corpus weight
- décimés
décimés
49,822 corpus weight
- défont
défont
49,821 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « décantation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décantation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décantation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décantation is uncommon French at frequency #50,177 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.kɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de décanter.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for décantation, 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is décantation, spelled D-É-C-A-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de décanter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décantation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’essence de cannelle du commerce est loin d'être pure, mais on peut la purifier par une nouvelle distillation avec de l'eau que l'on sépare en grande partie par décantation, […].
C’est de tout autre chose qu’il ressentait le besoin. La méditation ? La contemplation ? Plus que cela, la décantation de l’âme.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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