décentration
\de.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“décentration” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de se placer dans la perspective d’autrui. Il s’agit d’une forme d’explication des démarches cognitives mais appliquée à autrui.
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Index FR-decentration · décentration · French
décentration · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | décentration |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
décentration is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for décentration, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is décentration, spelled D-É-C-E-N-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Fait de se placer dans la perspective d’autrui. Il s’agit d’une forme d’explication des démarches cognitives mais appliquée à autrui.
- 2Décentrement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how décentration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La décentration se produit lorsque les pensées, les émotions et les sensations physiques sont expérimentées simplement comme des éléments du paysage de l’instant redessiné sans cesse au fil des instants.
Synonyms
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.