dénuder

\de.ny.de\

/\de.ny.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“dénuder” is uncommon French (frequency #69,025 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,025
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre nu ; notamment dévêtir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-denuder · dénuder · French

dénuder · rank #69,025 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,025
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dénivellation

Nearest frequency peer: dénivellation (-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 « dénuder »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dénuder
PropertyValue
Headworddénuder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ny.de\
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,025
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dénuder » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dénudertombe 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: « dénivellation » (#69,024), « dénigrent » (#69,023), « déranges » (#69,027). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dénuder » est au #69,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dénuder is uncommon French at frequency #69,025 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ny.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dénuder, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dénuder, spelled D-É-N-U-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre nu ; notamment dévêtir.
  2. 2
    Dépouiller une chose de ce qui la recouvre, de son enveloppe, de sa protection.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La commande impitoyable de se dénuder Cul-nu ! humiliait les fils malfrats presque autant que la fessée qui suivait comme d'habitude.
  2. Elle avait la poitrine dénudée.

This word in other languages

bare(English)desnudarse(Español)entblößen(Deutsch)

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 "dénuder"?
"dénuder" is spelled D-É-N-U-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ny.de\.
What does "dénuder" mean?
As a verb, "dénuder" means: Rendre nu ; notamment dévêtir.
How do you pronounce "dénuder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dénuder" is \de.ny.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dénuder" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list