décroustiller
\de.kʁus.ti.je\
The verdict
“décroustiller” 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) - Perdre son caractère croustillant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decroustiller · décroustiller · French
décroustiller · 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 | décroustiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kʁus.ti.je\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
décroustiller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.kʁus.ti.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perdre son caractère croustillant.".
décroustiller doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is décroustiller, spelled D-É-C-R-O-U-S-T-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Perdre son caractère croustillant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how décroustiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
bonjour, je me demandais si il y avait une réponse au curieux phénomène amenant les chips, tucs et autres encas dans le genre à "décroustiller" si on les laisse trop longtemps après l'ouverture du paquet.
J'ai enfin trouvé la recette des gaufres qui ne « décroustillent » JAMAIS !
Antonyms
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.