défroidir
\de.fʁwa.diʁ\
The verdict
“défroidir” 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) - Rendre moins froid, réchauffer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-defroidir · défroidir · French
défroidir · 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 | défroidir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.fʁwa.diʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « défroidir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
défroidir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.fʁwa.diʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rendre moins froid, réchauffer.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for défroidir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is défroidir, spelled D-É-F-R-O-I-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre moins froid, réchauffer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how défroidir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En novembre, on le mit en terre bénite, tout au bout du clos funéraire, sans même une croix de bois, sans un nom, dans un coin perdu où, à la Noël, Barnabé le boîteux, le fossoyeur d’Ovrilles, brûle les pommes mortes des pins étiques et clairbranchus que les claque-dents du village haut n’ont pas emportées pour défroidir leurs cahutes humides où l’âtre ch…
Frileuses Vous vous battiez mes mains, pour prendre place au creux De mes poches de lin et « défroidir » un peu.
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