dénutrition

\de.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\

/\de.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“dénutrition” is uncommon French (frequency #70,577 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,577
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Insuffisance qualitative et quantitative de l’alimentation entrainant des pertes de masse grasse et de masse musculaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-denutrition · dénutrition · French

dénutrition · rank #70,577 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,577
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dénoncera

Nearest frequency peer: dénoncera (-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 « dénutrition »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dénutrition
PropertyValue
Headworddénutrition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,577
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dénutrition » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dénutritiontombe 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: « dénoncera » (#70,576), « déradicalisation » (#70,578), « Déméter » (#70,575). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dénutrition » est au #70,577. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dénutrition is uncommon French at frequency #70,577 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

dénutrition has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 dénutrition, spelled D-É-N-U-T-R-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Insuffisance qualitative et quantitative de l’alimentation entrainant des pertes de masse grasse et de masse musculaire.
  2. 2
    État d’un tissu où la désassimilation l’emporte sur l’assimilation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La dénutrition est habituellement due à un manque général de plusieurs nutriments, spécialement les nutriments fournissant de l'énergie.
  2. La famine, l’âge avancé, l’anorexie mentale sont autant de situations qui engendrent une dénutrition de l’individu.

Antonyms

renutrition

This word in other languages

desnutrición(Español)Mangelernährung(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 "dénutrition"?
"dénutrition" is spelled D-É-N-U-T-R-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "dénutrition" mean?
As a noun, "dénutrition" means: Insuffisance qualitative et quantitative de l’alimentation entrainant des pertes de masse grasse et de masse musculaire.
How do you pronounce "dénutrition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dénutrition" is \de.ny.tʁi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dénutrition" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déshonorant#70,579détériorées#70,582dégradantes#70,565embaumement#70,591

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list