découvrir la mèche
\de.ku.vʁiʁ la mɛʃ\
The verdict
“découvrir la mèche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Découvrir, au moyen d’une contre-mine, l’endroit où une mine a été installé et retirer la mèche qui devait l’activer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decouvrir-la-meche · découvrir la mèche · French
découvrir la mèche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | découvrir la mèche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ku.vʁiʁ la mɛʃ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
découvrir la mèche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ku.vʁiʁ la mɛʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for découvrir la mèche in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is découvrir la mèche, spelled D-É-C-O-U-V-R-I-R- -L-A- -M-È-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Découvrir, au moyen d’une contre-mine, l’endroit où une mine a été installé et retirer la mèche qui devait l’activer.
- 2Découvrir le secret d’un complot, d’un arrangement, d’un dessein qui ne devait pas être divulgué.
Synonyms
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.