décoiffer
\de.kwa.fe\
The verdict
“décoiffer” is uncommon French (frequency #87,558 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,558
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dégarnir de ce qui coiffe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decoiffer · décoiffer · French
décoiffer · rank #87,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,558
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH décollant
Nearest frequency peer: décollant (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « décoiffer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- débattons
débattons
12,446 corpus weight
- décoiffer
décoiffer
12,443 corpus weight
- décollant
décollant
12,442 corpus weight
- décolorés
décolorés
12,441 corpus weight
- décomplexés
décomplexés
12,440 corpus weight
- déconcentrée
déconcentrée
12,439 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « décoiffer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « décoiffer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décoiffer is uncommon French at frequency #87,558 among 5,307 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décoiffer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle s’est décoiffée en entrant.
Une corde sur laquelle séchait du linge décoiffa le capitaine. « Que désirez-vous, monsieur ? dit Malaga en ramassant le chapeau de Paz.
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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