dédire
\de.diʁ\
The verdict
“dédire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne pas tenir sa parole, se délier d’un engagement verbal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dedire · dédire · French
dédire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | dédire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.diʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dédire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dédire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.diʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for dédire 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dédire, spelled D-É-D-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ne pas tenir sa parole, se délier d’un engagement verbal.
- 2Se rétracter, dire le contraire de ce qu’on a dit, désavouer ce qu’on a dit.
- 3Désavouer quelqu’un de ce qu’il a dit ou fait en notre nom.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dédire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il nous avait promis cela, il s’est dédit. - Il avait offert mille francs, il s’en est dédit.
— V’là qu’est dit, fit-il, en manière de conclusion, et faudrait voir à ne pas s’dédire. On ne fait ni une ni deux, et chose arrangée doit tenir bon.
This word in other languages
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.