déclassifier
\de.kla.si.fje\
The verdict
“déclassifier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Défaire une classification.
Corpus desk
Index FR-declassifier · déclassifier · French
déclassifier · 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 | déclassifier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kla.si.fje\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « déclassifier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
déclassifier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.kla.si.fje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
déclassifier has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is déclassifier, spelled D-É-C-L-A-S-S-I-F-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Défaire une classification.
- 2Enlever son caractère secret en parlant de documents militaires ou gouvernementaux.
- 3Sortir des classifications.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déclassifier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’Allemagne a déclassifié les archives de la Stasi.
Juste avant de quitter Beauvau, le 11 mai, l’éphémère ministre de l’Intérieur Matthias Fekl a accepté, à la demande des Juges Tournaire et Buresi, de déclassifier des documents en provenance de la Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure.
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.