décérébré
\de.se.ʁe.bʁe\
The verdict
“décérébré” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendu idiot, stupide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decerebre · décérébré · French
décérébré · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | décérébré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.se.ʁe.bʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décérébré » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décérébré is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.se.ʁe.bʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rendu idiot, stupide.".
Zero misspellings are on record for décérébré in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is décérébré, spelled D-É-C-É-R-É-B-R-É.
Definition
- 1Rendu idiot, stupide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how décérébré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans The Interview, James Franco et Seth Rogen, amis depuis qu’ils se sont rencontrés en école de journalisme, sont respectivement un présentateur décérébré et célébrissime de télévision poubelle, et son producteur, qui traverse une crise de conscience (pourquoi est-il tombé si bas alors qu’il avait les moyens de devenir un bon journaliste ?).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.