déconstruction
\de.kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“déconstruction” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #29,324 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #29,324
- frequency rank, French
- 14
- letters
- 23
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Démolition d’un édifice.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déconstruction |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #29,324 |
| Misspellings tracked | 23 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déconstruction” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for déconstruction is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,324 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for déconstruction, with forms such as "dcéonstruction", "ddéconstruction", and "deconstruction". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "décontraction", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is déconstruction, spelled D-É-C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Démolition d’un édifice.
- 2Ensemble des opérations administratives et techniques conduisant dans un délai donné, par une suite programmée de démantèlements successifs, à l’élimination totale d’une installation nucléaire et à la complète réhabilitation du site.
- 3Méthode, voire école, de la philosophie contemporaine : analyse textuelle s’exerçant sur de nombreux types d’écrits (philosophie, littérature, journaux), pour en révéler les décalages et confusions de sens par une lecture centrée sur les postulats sous-entendus et les omissions dévoilés par le texte lui-même.
- 4(XXIᵉs.) Mouvement ayant pour but de remettre en cause un grand nombre, sinon la totalité des a priori de la société occidentale, notamment en ce qui concerne les relations entre les cultures et entre les sexes, dans le but d'éliminer le sexisme et le racisme tous toutes leurs formes, dans la sphère publique comme dans la sphère privée.
- 5Action de défaire quelque chose qui a été patiemment construit.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: dcéonstruction,ddéconstruction,deconstruction,décconstruction,décnostruction,déconnstruction,déconsrtuction,déconsstruction,déconstrcution,déconstrruction,déconstrucction,déconstruciton,déconstructino,déconstructionn,déconstructoin,déconstructtion,déconstrutcion,déconsttruction,déconsturction,décontsruction,décosntruction,déocnstruction,édconstruction
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déconstruction - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “déconstruction”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “décontraction” - see the side-by-side comparison. déconstruction vs décontraction
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.