décoiffer
\de.kwa.fe\
The verdict
“décoiffer” is uncommon French (frequency #87,558 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,558
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dégarnir de ce qui coiffe.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décoiffer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kwa.fe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “décoiffer” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
décoiffer is uncommon French at frequency #87,558 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.kwa.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for décoiffer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 décoiffer, spelled D-É-C-O-I-F-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dégarnir de ce qui coiffe.
- 2Ôter l’enveloppe, la capsule métallique qui entoure le bouchon d'une bouteille.
- 3Boire (une bouteille d'alcool).
- 4Faire cesser d’être régulièrement peigné.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “décoiffer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-O-I-F-F-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.kwa.fe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.