décompresse

\de.kɔ̃.pʁɛs\

/\de.kɔ̃.pʁɛs\/ verb

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The verdict

“décompresse” is uncommon French (frequency #92,659 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,659
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de décompresser.

Key facts for décompresse
PropertyValue
Headworddécompresse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.kɔ̃.pʁɛs\
Letters11
Frequency rank#92,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “décompresse” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). décompresse lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

décompresse is uncommon French at frequency #92,659 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.kɔ̃.pʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for décompresse, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is décompresse, spelled D-É-C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de décompresser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de décompresser.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de décompresser.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de décompresser.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de décompresser.

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 "décompresse"?
"décompresse" is spelled D-É-C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.kɔ̃.pʁɛs\.
What does "décompresse" mean?
As a verb, "décompresse" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de décompresser.
How do you pronounce "décompresse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "décompresse" is \de.kɔ̃.pʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "décompresse" come from?
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Using “décompresse”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \de.kɔ̃.pʁɛs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list