dédouanement

\de.dwan.mɑ̃\

/\de.dwan.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“dédouanement” is uncommon French (frequency #76,513 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,513
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de dédouaner, d’affranchir les frais de douane.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dedouanement · dédouanement · French

dédouanement · rank #76,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,513
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH décomposant

Nearest frequency peer: décomposant (-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 « dédouanement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dédouanement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dédouanement
PropertyValue
Headworddédouanement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.dwan.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#76,513
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dédouanement » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dédouanementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « décomposant » (#76,512), « défendrais » (#76,514), « débutes » (#76,511). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dédouanement » est au #76,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dédouanement is uncommon French at frequency #76,513 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.dwan.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fait de dédouaner, d’affranchir les frais de douane.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dédouanement in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dédouanement, spelled D-É-D-O-U-A-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fait de dédouaner, d’affranchir les frais de douane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dédouanement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Selon certain opérateurs économiques du Bas-Congo, plusieurs causes sont à la base de cette situation, notamment la hausse des taxes de dédouanement, la multiplicité des services, le vol des marchandises et l’engorgement de ces ports, surtout celui de Boma.

Synonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dédouanement"?
"dédouanement" is spelled D-É-D-O-U-A-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.dwan.mɑ̃\.
What does "dédouanement" mean?
As a noun, "dédouanement" means: Fait de dédouaner, d’affranchir les frais de douane.
How do you pronounce "dédouanement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dédouanement" is \de.dwan.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dédouanement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dédouanement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list