défleurir
\de.flœ.ʁiʁ\
The verdict
“défleurir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perdre ses fleurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-defleurir · défleurir · French
défleurir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | défleurir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.flœ.ʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « défleurir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
défleurir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.flœ.ʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for défleurir, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is défleurir, spelled D-É-F-L-E-U-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Perdre ses fleurs.
- 2Dépouiller de ses fleurs.
- 3Dépouiller un fruit de son velouté ou de sa pruine.
- 4Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how défleurir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand la vigne vint à défleurir.
Les foins, qui n’étaient pas encore mûrs, mais dont les plantes défleurissaient déjà, versaient dans l’air mille parfums qui se concentraient en une senteur troublante.
Synonyms
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.