décocter
\de.kɔk.te\
The verdict
“décocter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en décoction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decocter · décocter · French
décocter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | décocter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kɔk.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décocter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décocter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.kɔk.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mettre en décoction.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for décocter, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 décocter, spelled D-É-C-O-C-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre en décoction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décocter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les médecins prescrivaient leurs ordonnances en mauvais latin et y faisaient entrer par routine une multitude de drogues simples ou composées que l'apothicaire infusait, décoctait, triturait, pulvérisait et mélangeait de mille manières à l'aide de mille procédés minutieux.
Appliquer extérieurement un onguent composé: d’une chopine d’huile dans laquelle on aura fait décocter 90 grammes de la même racine, avec d’autres plantes odorantes réduites en pâte.
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.