défaisant
\de.fə.zɑ̃\
The verdict
“défaisant” is uncommon French (frequency #69,780 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,780
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de défaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-defaisant · défaisant · French
défaisant · rank #69,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,780
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH défenderesse
Nearest frequency peer: défenderesse (+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 « défaisant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- découplage
découplage
30,224 corpus weight
- découvrirait
découvrirait
30,223 corpus weight
- défaisant
défaisant
30,221 corpus weight
- défenderesse
défenderesse
30,220 corpus weight
- définissons
définissons
30,219 corpus weight
- dégrisement
dégrisement
30,218 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « défaisant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | défaisant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.fə.zɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « défaisant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
défaisant is uncommon French at frequency #69,780 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.fə.zɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de défaire.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for défaisant, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is défaisant, spelled D-É-F-A-I-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de défaire.
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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