décrémenter
\de.kʁe.mɑ̃.te\
The verdict
“décrémenter” 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) - Soustraire une valeur fixée, en particulier 1, à une variable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decrementer · décrémenter · French
décrémenter · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décrémenter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kʁe.mɑ̃.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décrémenter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décrémenter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.kʁe.mɑ̃.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Soustraire une valeur fixée, en particulier 1, à une variable.".
décrémenter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 décrémenter, spelled D-É-C-R-É-M-E-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Soustraire une valeur fixée, en particulier 1, à une variable.
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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.