décontenancer
\de.kɔ̃t.nɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“décontenancer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troubler quelqu’un en lui faisant perdre contenance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decontenancer · décontenancer · French
décontenancer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | décontenancer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kɔ̃t.nɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décontenancer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décontenancer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.kɔ̃t.nɑ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for décontenancer in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is décontenancer, spelled D-É-C-O-N-T-E-N-A-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Troubler quelqu’un en lui faisant perdre contenance.
- 2Perdre visiblement contenance par timidité, par embarras.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décontenancer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils gagnèrent chacun leur place, le cardinal tout décontenancé et soucieux, Coppenole tranquille et hautain.
Danglars était si pâle et si décontenancé, que le comte eut l’air de le prendre en pitié.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.