décentraliser
\de.sɑ̃.tʁa.li.ze\
The verdict
“décentraliser” is uncommon French (frequency #60,719 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,719
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre plus autonome.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decentraliser · décentraliser · French
décentraliser · rank #60,719 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,719
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH décentralisés
Nearest frequency peer: décentralisés (+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 « décentraliser »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- duster
duster
39,286 corpus weight
- dying
dying
39,285 corpus weight
- décentralis…
décentraliser
39,282 corpus weight
- décentralis…
décentralisés
39,281 corpus weight
- déchargée
déchargée
39,280 corpus weight
- déchèterie
déchèterie
39,279 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « décentraliser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décentraliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.sɑ̃.tʁa.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #60,719 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décentraliser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décentraliser is uncommon French at frequency #60,719 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.sɑ̃.tʁa.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for décentraliser in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is décentraliser, spelled D-É-C-E-N-T-R-A-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre plus autonome.
- 2Déplacer un centre décisionnel de la capitale vers la province.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décentraliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le moyen de détruire cette idée, devenue un véritable préjugé, c'est de décentraliser cette puissance subalterne des agents voyers.
Il faut décentraliser effectivement la compétence en faveur des collectivités locales si on veut réussir la décentralisation.
Antonyms
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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