déchainer
\de.ʃe.ne\
The verdict
“déchainer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Détacher d’une chaine, de chaines.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dechainer · déchainer · French
déchainer · 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 | déchainer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ʃe.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « déchainer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
déchainer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ʃe.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for déchainer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is déchainer, spelled D-É-C-H-A-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Détacher d’une chaine, de chaines.
- 2Faire rage.
- 3Inciter une ou plusieurs personnes à se laisser aller à l’emportement, à la violence.
- 4S’emporter avec violence contre quelqu’un.
- 5…
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déchainer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Déchainer un chien.
Il semblait que tous les vents fussent déchainés, se dit en parlant d’un violent ouragan.
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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.