décroissants
\de.kʁwa.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“décroissants” is uncommon French (frequency #62,936 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,936
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de décroissant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decroissants · décroissants · French
décroissants · rank #62,936 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,936
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déchoir
Nearest frequency peer: déchoir (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « décroissants »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Dupontel
Dupontel
37,068 corpus weight
- déambulation
déambulation
37,067 corpus weight
- déchoir
déchoir
37,066 corpus weight
- décroissants
décroissants
37,065 corpus weight
- décérébrés
décérébrés
37,064 corpus weight
- défrayé
défrayé
37,063 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « décroissants » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | décroissants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.kʁwa.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #62,936 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décroissants » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décroissants is uncommon French at frequency #62,936 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.kʁwa.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de décroissant.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for décroissants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is décroissants, spelled D-É-C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de décroissant.
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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