dégradante
\de.ɡʁa.dɑ̃t\
The verdict
“dégradante” is uncommon French (frequency #59,966 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,966
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de dégradant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dégradante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.ɡʁa.dɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #59,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dégradante” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dégradante is uncommon French at frequency #59,966 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.ɡʁa.dɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de dégradant.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dégradante in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dégradante, spelled D-É-G-R-A-D-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de dégradant.
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.
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Using “dégradante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-G-R-A-D-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.