démobiliser
\de.mɔ.bi.li.ze\
The verdict
“démobiliser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire cesser l’état de mobilisation de corps militaires.
Corpus desk
Index FR-demobiliser · démobiliser · French
démobiliser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | démobiliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.mɔ.bi.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
démobiliser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.mɔ.bi.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for démobiliser in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is démobiliser, spelled D-É-M-O-B-I-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire cesser l’état de mobilisation de corps militaires.
- 2Décourager, saper la motivation, l’enthousiasme ou la combattivité d’une personne pour une entreprise, un projet ou au service d’une cause.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how démobiliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que l’armée roumaine sera démobilisée, et qu’on rendra à l’agriculture les bras qui lui ont été enlevés.
Amadou Lo, 20 ans, est ce qu’on appelle un tirailleur sénégalais, démobilisé après service rendu à la France durant la Première Guerre mondiale.
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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.