décapitaliser
\de.ka.pi.ta.li.ze\
The verdict
“décapitaliser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ôter à une ville la qualité de capitale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decapitaliser · décapitaliser · French
décapitaliser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | décapitaliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ka.pi.ta.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décapitaliser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décapitaliser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ka.pi.ta.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for décapitaliser, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is décapitaliser, spelled D-É-C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ôter à une ville la qualité de capitale.
- 2Retirer un volume supérieur à l’accroissement, pour à terme diminuer le capital sur pied.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décapitaliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous ne voulons point, comme on nous le reproche par une expression, permettez-moi de le dire, barbare, nous ne voulons point décapiter la France en décapitalisant Paris.
Ils ont décapitalisé Rio de Janeiro au profit de Brasilia.
Antonyms
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.