décervelage
\de.sɛʁ.və.laʒ\
The verdict
“décervelage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Action de décerveler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decervelage · décervelage · French
décervelage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | décervelage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.sɛʁ.və.laʒ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
décervelage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.sɛʁ.və.laʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de décerveler.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for décervelage, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is décervelage, spelled D-É-C-E-R-V-E-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de décerveler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décervelage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour Marx le décervelage religieux éloigne du réel.
Rien que de t’asseoir à leur table, dans leurs morbides salles de marbre climatisées, tu participes au décervelage général.
Synonyms
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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.