déjection

\de.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\

/\de.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“déjection” is uncommon French (frequency #96,851 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,851
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Évacuation des excréments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dejection · déjection · French

déjection · rank #96,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,851
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déhanche

Nearest frequency peer: déhanche (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “déjection”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “déjection” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for déjection
PropertyValue
Headworddéjection
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#96,851
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “déjection” se place dans la fréquence du français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.déjectionse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « déhanche » (#96,850), « démonstrateurs » (#96,852), « démultiplie » (#96,853). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déjection is uncommon French at frequency #96,851 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

déjection has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is déjection, spelled D-É-J-E-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Évacuation des excréments.
  2. 2
    Matières évacuées.
  3. 3
    Choses laides et méprisables.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Faciliter la déjection, les déjections.
  2. Ce pourquoi à tout, on préférait la merde du jeune homme sain — et parfois même celle, connue sous le nom de méconium, qui résultait de « la première déjection que font les enfants après leur naissance » — jusqu'à asservir un homme spécialement à cet office […].

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 "déjection"?
"déjection" is spelled D-É-J-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\.
What does "déjection" mean?
As a noun, "déjection" means: Évacuation des excréments.
How do you pronounce "déjection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déjection" is \de.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déjection" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

déplétion#96,855dépêchons#96,856déviantes#96,860décernera#96,840

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Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list