déhancher

\de.ɑ̃.ʃe\

/\de.ɑ̃.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“déhancher” is uncommon French (frequency #75,628 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,628
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disloquer les hanches.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dehancher · déhancher · French

déhancher · rank #75,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,628
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déculottée

Nearest frequency peer: déculottée (-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 « déhancher »

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 « déhancher » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for déhancher
PropertyValue
Headworddéhancher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ɑ̃.ʃe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,628
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déhancher » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).déhanchertombe 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: « déculottée » (#75,627), « démultiplication » (#75,629), « décru » (#75,626). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déhancher » est au #75,628. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déhancher is uncommon French at frequency #75,628 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ɑ̃.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

déhancher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is déhancher, spelled D-É-H-A-N-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disloquer les hanches.
  2. 2
    Marcher en se balançant sur les hanches.
  3. 3
    Se balancer.
  4. 4
    Affecter une démarche molle et abandonnée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un cheval déhanché, dont une hanche s’est déplacée à la suite d’une fracture de l’os iliaque.
  2. Cette femme est toute déhanchée.

Synonyms

chalouper

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 "déhancher"?
"déhancher" is spelled D-É-H-A-N-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ɑ̃.ʃe\.
What does "déhancher" mean?
As a verb, "déhancher" means: Disloquer les hanches.
How do you pronounce "déhancher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déhancher" is \de.ɑ̃.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déhancher" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list