déflorer
\de.flɔ.ʁe\
The verdict
“déflorer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépouiller de sa fleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deflorer · déflorer · French
déflorer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | déflorer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.flɔ.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « déflorer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
déflorer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.flɔ.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for déflorer in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is déflorer, spelled D-É-F-L-O-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dépouiller de sa fleur.
- 2Faire perdre sa virginité, à une jeune fille.
- 3Ôter la virginité, la pureté de quelque chose.
- 4Ôter à un sujet de discussion, de débat, ce qu’il a de neuf et de piquant, en le traitant mal, trop tôt, ou d’une manière incomplète.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déflorer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rosier défloré.
Les Dur (des enragés de la soutane, les Dur) avaient un garçon et deux filles. Le fils Dur avait défloré une fille de Berthier et en gardait un souvenir voluptueux.
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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.