dénaturé

\de.na.ty.ʁe\

/\de.na.ty.ʁe\/ adj

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The verdict

“dénaturé” is uncommon French (frequency #50,790 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,790
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a subi une dénaturation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-denature · dénaturé · French

dénaturé · rank #50,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,790
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH démonstrateur

Nearest frequency peer: démonstrateur (-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 « dénaturé »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dénaturé
PropertyValue
Headworddénaturé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.na.ty.ʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dénaturé » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dénaturétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « démonstrateur » (#50,789), « dénonçaient » (#50,791), « délimite » (#50,788). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dénaturé » est au #50,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dénaturé is uncommon French at frequency #50,790 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.na.ty.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dénaturé, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is dénaturé, spelled D-É-N-A-T-U-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a subi une dénaturation.
  2. 2
    Qui a été altéré dans sa nature ou dans ses qualités.
  3. 3
    Qui n’a plus pour les siens l’affection naturelle qu’il devrait avoir.
  4. 4
    Qui ne se conduit pas de façon naturelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. alcool dénaturé.
  2. ADN dénaturé.

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 "dénaturé"?
"dénaturé" is spelled D-É-N-A-T-U-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \de.na.ty.ʁe\.
What does "dénaturé" mean?
As an adjective, "dénaturé" means: Qui a subi une dénaturation.
How do you pronounce "dénaturé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dénaturé" is \de.na.ty.ʁe\. 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 "dénaturé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

délimite#50,788dégonfle#50,786débouler#50,781emmental#50,803

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list