dédoubler
\de.du.ble\
The verdict
“dédoubler” is uncommon French (frequency #73,921 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,921
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ramener à l’unité ce qui était double.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dédoubler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.du.ble\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dédoubler” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dédoubler is uncommon French at frequency #73,921 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.du.ble\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
dédoubler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 dédoubler, spelled D-É-D-O-U-B-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ramener à l’unité ce qui était double.
- 2Faire mettre sur un rang, sur une file des soldats qui étaient sur deux rangs, sur deux files.
- 3Séparer, partager un tout en deux plus ou moins égaux.
- 4Séparer une pierre, la partager en deux dans toute sa longueur.
- 5Dégarnir de sa doublure.
- 6Doubler la fréquence, l'intensité.
- 7Faire partir, presque à la même heure, à cause de l’affluence des voyageurs, deux trains au lieu d’un pour la même destination.
- 8Créer un double.
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.
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Using “dédoubler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-D-O-U-B-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.du.ble\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.