défont
\de.fɔ̃\
The verdict
“défont” is uncommon French (frequency #50,180 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,180
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de défaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-defont · défont · French
défont · rank #50,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,180
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH décimés
Nearest frequency peer: décimés (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « défont »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- décantation
décantation
49,824 corpus weight
- déchiffreme…
déchiffrement
49,823 corpus weight
- décimés
décimés
49,822 corpus weight
- défont
défont
49,821 corpus weight
- déformées
déformées
49,820 corpus weight
- déracinés
déracinés
49,818 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « défont » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | défont |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.fɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « défont » en français
Rare enough to double-check
défont is uncommon French at frequency #50,180 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.fɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de défaire.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for défont in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is défont, spelled D-É-F-O-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de défaire.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "défont"?
What does "défont" mean?
How do you pronounce "défont"?
What language does "défont" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "défont", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).