déguerpir

\de.ɡɛʁ.piʁ\

/\de.ɡɛʁ.piʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“déguerpir” is uncommon French (frequency #55,902 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,902
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abandonner la possession (d'un bien, d'une maison, etc.).

Corpus desk

Index FR-deguerpir · déguerpir · French

déguerpir · rank #55,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,902
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dégourdir

Nearest frequency peer: dégourdir (-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 « déguerpir »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « déguerpir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for déguerpir
PropertyValue
Headworddéguerpir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ɡɛʁ.piʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,902
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déguerpir » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).déguerpirtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dégourdir » (#55,901), « déjoue » (#55,903), « dégoulinant » (#55,900). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déguerpir » est au #55,902. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déguerpir is uncommon French at frequency #55,902 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ɡɛʁ.piʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

déguerpir 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is déguerpir, spelled D-É-G-U-E-R-P-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abandonner la possession (d'un bien, d'une maison, etc.).
  2. 2
    Sortir, se retirer hâtivement et malgré soi ; fuir.
  3. 3
    Expulser, faire sortir quelqu’un d’un logement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how déguerpir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Déguerpir une rente, une dette, un immeuble, etc.
  2. Il eut peur de revoir le comte, et retrouva l'usage de ses jambes pour déguerpir et gagner l'escalier.

Synonyms

foutre le campficher le campdécamperfaire feu des deux fuseauxflyer

This word in other languages

flee(English)huir(Español)abhauen(Deutsch)

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 "déguerpir"?
"déguerpir" is spelled D-É-G-U-E-R-P-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ɡɛʁ.piʁ\.
What does "déguerpir" mean?
As a verb, "déguerpir" means: Abandonner la possession (d'un bien, d'une maison, etc.).
How do you pronounce "déguerpir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déguerpir" is \de.ɡɛʁ.piʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déguerpir" come from?
"déguerpir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déguerpir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dégourdir#55,901déférence#55,898défendais#55,896dénombrés#55,910

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list