déféminiser

\de.fe.mi.ni.ze\

/\de.fe.mi.ni.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“déféminiser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire perdre son caractère féminin à quelque chose ou quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-defeminiser · déféminiser · French

déféminiser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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.

Key facts for déféminiser
PropertyValue
Headworddéféminiser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.fe.mi.ni.ze\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “déféminiser” sits in French frequency

déféminiser falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déféminiser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.fe.mi.ni.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire perdre son caractère féminin à quelque chose ou quelqu’un.".

No misspelling variants are generated for déféminiser in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 déféminiser, spelled D-É-F-É-M-I-N-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire perdre son caractère féminin à quelque chose ou quelqu’un.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "déféminiser"?
"déféminiser" is spelled D-É-F-É-M-I-N-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.fe.mi.ni.ze\.
What does "déféminiser" mean?
As a verb, "déféminiser" means: Faire perdre son caractère féminin à quelque chose ou quelqu’un.
How do you pronounce "déféminiser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déféminiser" is \de.fe.mi.ni.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déféminiser" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list