défiger
\de.fi.ʒe\
The verdict
“défiger” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre à nouveau liquide ce qui était figé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-defiger · défiger · French
défiger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | défiger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.fi.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « défiger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
défiger is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.fi.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
défiger has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is défiger, spelled D-É-F-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre à nouveau liquide ce qui était figé.
- 2Perdre de sa raideur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how défiger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le signal des applaudissements qui partait, quelquefois, de notre baignoire et par quoi nous saluions les beaux passages de l’œuvre, n’eut presque jamais d’échos et ne défigea pas souvent l’indifférence ensommeillée de la salle, une salle composée, eut-on dit, de vieillards seulement et de blasés revenus de tout, même de la beauté.
Elle n’a pas du tout l’habitude de boire. Elle s’est défigée, elle s’est animée.
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.