déneiger

\de.nɛ.ʒe\

/\de.nɛ.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“déneiger” is uncommon French (frequency #71,463 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,463
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ôter la neige qui s’est accumulée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deneiger · déneiger · French

déneiger · rank #71,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,463
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déménageant

Nearest frequency peer: déménageant (-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 « déneiger »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for déneiger
PropertyValue
Headworddéneiger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.nɛ.ʒe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,463
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déneiger » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).déneigertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « déménageant » (#71,462), « dépitée » (#71,464), « démontées » (#71,461). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déneiger » est au #71,463. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déneiger is uncommon French at frequency #71,463 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.nɛ.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ôter la neige qui s’est accumulée.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for déneiger, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is déneiger, spelled D-É-N-E-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ôter la neige qui s’est accumulée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il faut déneiger le trottoir devant la maison.

Synonyms

désenneigerlever sa cour

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 "déneiger"?
"déneiger" is spelled D-É-N-E-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.nɛ.ʒe\.
What does "déneiger" mean?
As a verb, "déneiger" means: Ôter la neige qui s’est accumulée.
How do you pronounce "déneiger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déneiger" is \de.nɛ.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déneiger" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

démiurge#71,459déréglée#71,467décousue#71,452décennal#71,449

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list