délabrer

\de.lɑ.bʁe\

/\de.lɑ.bʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“délabrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en mauvais état, soit par un long usage, soit par vétusté, soit par manque de soin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-delabrer · délabrer · French

délabrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for délabrer
PropertyValue
Headworddélabrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.lɑ.bʁe\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « délabrer » en français

délabrersiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

délabrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.lɑ.bʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mettre en mauvais état, soit par un long usage, soit par vétusté, soit par manque de soin.".

délabrer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is délabrer, spelled D-É-L-A-B-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre en mauvais état, soit par un long usage, soit par vétusté, soit par manque de soin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A Pont-du-Château même, la plupart des maisons réparées et bien entretenues sont celles où logent ces ouvriers ; beaucoup d'autres se délabrent, tombent en ruine.
  2. La pièce lança deux obus avant que la carcasse de l’immeuble se disloquât, et chacun d’eux parcourut le Wetterhorn de bout en bout, le délabrant complètement.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "délabrer"?
"délabrer" is spelled D-É-L-A-B-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.lɑ.bʁe\.
What does "délabrer" mean?
As a verb, "délabrer" means: Mettre en mauvais état, soit par un long usage, soit par vétusté, soit par manque de soin.
How do you pronounce "délabrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délabrer" is \de.lɑ.bʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "délabrer" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list