décartonner
\de.kaʁ.tɔ.ne\
The verdict
“décartonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Retirer du carton de conditionnement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decartonner · décartonner · French
décartonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | décartonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kaʁ.tɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décartonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décartonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.kaʁ.tɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
décartonner has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is décartonner, spelled D-É-C-A-R-T-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Retirer du carton de conditionnement.
- 2Raconter n’importe quoi, perdre la boule.
- 3S'affaiblir, maigrir, dépérir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décartonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Merci en tout cas de ta réponse, ça fait du bien de savoir que ce n’est pas moi qui décartonne !
Décidément Bismarck baisse. Il vieillit. Il se décatit. Il se décartonne... À quand l'enterrement ?
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.