déconfort
\de.kɔ̃.fɔʁ\
The verdict
“déconfort” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perte de confort, de courage, de secours.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deconfort · déconfort · French
déconfort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déconfort |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.kɔ̃.fɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
déconfort is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.kɔ̃.fɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perte de confort, de courage, de secours.".
Zero misspellings are on record for déconfort in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is déconfort, spelled D-É-C-O-N-F-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Perte de confort, de courage, de secours.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déconfort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le jeune baron se rétablit enfin, et n’épousa point Elvire de Charmois, qui resta longtemps fille, au grand déconfort de sa mère.
Il se traîna par les allées, dans un état de complet déconfort, dans un de ces accès de spleen religieux qui déterminent, lorsqu'ils se prolongent, pendant des années, le taedium vitae des cloîtres.
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.