défocaliser
\de.fɔ.ka.li.ze\
The verdict
“défocaliser” 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 September 3, 2026) - Ne pas faire de mise au point.
Corpus desk
Index FR-defocaliser · défocaliser · French
défocaliser · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | défocaliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.fɔ.ka.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « défocaliser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
défocaliser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.fɔ.ka.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne pas faire de mise au point.".
défocaliser has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is défocaliser, spelled D-É-F-O-C-A-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ne pas faire de mise au point.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how défocaliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le télescope est volontairement défocalisé dans la voie sismologique et comporte un prisme-objectif dans la voie exoplanétologique afin de répartir la lumière d’une étoile sur plus de pixels.
Antonyms
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.