délabrée

\de.la.bʁe\

/\de.la.bʁe\/ adj

The verdict

“délabrée” is uncommon French (frequency #52,636 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,636
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de délabré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-delabree · délabrée · French

délabrée · rank #52,636 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,636
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH défrichement

Nearest frequency peer: défrichement (-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 « délabrée »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for délabrée
PropertyValue
Headworddélabrée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.la.bʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,636
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « délabrée » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.délabréetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « défrichement » (#52,635), « dématérialisée » (#52,637), « déformant » (#52,634). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « délabrée » est au #52,636. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

délabrée is uncommon French at frequency #52,636 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.la.bʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de délabré.".

Zero misspellings are on record for délabrée in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is délabrée, spelled D-É-L-A-B-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de délabré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En 1814, fatigué de travaux constants, M. de Sérisy, dont la santé délabrée exigeait du repos, résigna tous ses emplois, quitta le gouvernement à la tête duquel l’Empereur l’avait mis, et vint à Paris où Napoléon, forcé par l’évidence, lui rendit justice.

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 "délabrée"?
"délabrée" is spelled D-É-L-A-B-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.la.bʁe\.
What does "délabrée" mean?
As an adjective, "délabrée" means: Féminin singulier de délabré.
How do you pronounce "délabrée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délabrée" is \de.la.bʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list