décomprimer

\de.kɔ̃.pʁi.me\

/\de.kɔ̃.pʁi.me\/ verb

The verdict

“décomprimer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Supprimer ou faire baisser la pression.

Corpus desk

Index FR-decomprimer · décomprimer · French

décomprimer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for décomprimer
PropertyValue
Headworddécomprimer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.kɔ̃.pʁi.me\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « décomprimer » en français

décomprimerreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

décomprimer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.kɔ̃.pʁi.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Supprimer ou faire baisser la pression.".

décomprimer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is décomprimer, spelled D-É-C-O-M-P-R-I-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Supprimer ou faire baisser la pression.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Décomprimer un gaz.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "décomprimer"?
"décomprimer" is spelled D-É-C-O-M-P-R-I-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.kɔ̃.pʁi.me\.
What does "décomprimer" mean?
As a verb, "décomprimer" means: Supprimer ou faire baisser la pression.
How do you pronounce "décomprimer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "décomprimer" is \de.kɔ̃.pʁi.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "décomprimer" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list