décoincer

\de.kwɛ̃.se\

/\de.kwɛ̃.se\/ verb

The verdict

“décoincer” is uncommon French (frequency #74,727 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,727
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire en sorte que quelque chose ne soit plus coincé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-decoincer · décoincer · French

décoincer · rank #74,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,727
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déclamer

Nearest frequency peer: déclamer (-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 « décoincer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « décoincer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for décoincer
PropertyValue
Headworddécoincer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.kwɛ̃.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,727
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « décoincer » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).décoincertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « déclamer » (#74,726), « décomposés » (#74,728), « déchiffre » (#74,725). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « décoincer » est au #74,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

décoincer is uncommon French at frequency #74,727 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.kwɛ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for décoincer, 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 tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is décoincer, spelled D-É-C-O-I-N-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire en sorte que quelque chose ne soit plus coincé.
  2. 2
    Partir sans demander son reste, décarrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how décoincer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ils pourraient compenser le manque affectif dont ils doivent souffrir par la lecture de magazines sur lesquels des femmes dénudées exposent avec impudeur leurs attraits à tous les regards – dans des attitudes suggestives propres à décoincer le plus endurci des célibataires.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "décoincer"?
"décoincer" is spelled D-É-C-O-I-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.kwɛ̃.se\.
What does "décoincer" mean?
As a verb, "décoincer" means: Faire en sorte que quelque chose ne soit plus coincé.
How do you pronounce "décoincer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "décoincer" is \de.kwɛ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "décoincer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "décoincer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list