décroûtage
\de.kʁu.taʒ\
The verdict
“décroûtage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opération pratiquée sur le diamant brut, et qui fait partie du brutage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decroutage · décroûtage · French
décroûtage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | décroûtage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.kʁu.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « décroûtage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
décroûtage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.kʁu.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for décroûtage in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is décroûtage, spelled D-É-C-R-O-Û-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Opération pratiquée sur le diamant brut, et qui fait partie du brutage.
- 2Intervention chirurgicale destinée à enlever les croûtes causées par de précédentes opérations en particulier dans les sinus.
- 3Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how décroûtage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Nous enlevons l'asphalte et le béton, il s'agit d'un décroûtage », indique le chef de chantier.
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.