décrocher
\de.kʁɔ.ʃe\
The verdict
“décrocher” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,646 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #9,646
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Détacher une chose qui était accrochée.
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 | décrocher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kʁɔ.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “décrocher” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for décrocher is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.kʁɔ.ʃe\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,646 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for décrocher, with forms such as "dcérocher", "ddécrocher", and "decrocher". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "défricher", "décroche", "décocher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is décrocher, spelled D-É-C-R-O-C-H-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Détacher une chose qui était accrochée.
- 2Obtenir quelque chose par l’effort.
- 3Pour une aile d’avion ou une voile de bateau, perdre de la portance à cause d’un angle d’attaque trop élevé, combiné à une vitesse trop basse.
- 4Pour un avion, perdre rapidement de l’altitude en raison du décrochage d’au moins une de ses ailes.
- 5Sortir du système scolaire, ne plus suivre un enseignement.
- 6Répondre au téléphone.
- 7Mettre fin à une dépendance (particulièrement à une drogue).
- 8Cesser d'être intéressé.
- 9Se retirer, rompre le contact avec l’ennemi pour des militaires.
- 10, Mettre fin à une exposition, plus particulièrement une exposition de peintures.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: dcérocher,ddécrocher,decrocher,déccrocher,décorcher,décrcoher,décroccher,décrocehr,décrocherr,décrochher,décrochre,décrohcer,décrrocher,dércocher,édcrocher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of décrocher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "décrocher"
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 “décrocher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-C-R-O-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.kʁɔ.ʃe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “défricher” - see the side-by-side comparison. décrocher vs défricher
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
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