délampourdage
\de.lɑ̃.puʁ.daʒ\
The verdict
“délampourdage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’ôter les lampourdes des laines.
Corpus desk
Index FR-delampourdage · délampourdage · French
délampourdage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | délampourdage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.lɑ̃.puʁ.daʒ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « délampourdage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
délampourdage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.lɑ̃.puʁ.daʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’ôter les lampourdes des laines.".
délampourdage doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is délampourdage, spelled D-É-L-A-M-P-O-U-R-D-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action d’ôter les lampourdes des laines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how délampourdage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Battage, délampourdage et triage, à 24 francs les 100 kilos.
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.