dépareillé

\de.pa.ʁɛ.je\

/\de.pa.ʁɛ.je\/ adj

The verdict

“dépareillé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n'est pas semblable aux autres dans une paire ou dans un lot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-depareille · dépareillé · French

dépareillé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 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.

Key facts for dépareillé
PropertyValue
Headworddépareillé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.pa.ʁɛ.je\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dépareillé » en français

dépareilléreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dépareillé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.pa.ʁɛ.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for dépareillé in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dépareillé, spelled D-É-P-A-R-E-I-L-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n'est pas semblable aux autres dans une paire ou dans un lot.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un lot dont l'un au moins des éléments n'est pas semblable aux autres.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une série dont un, au moins, des éléments manque.
  4. 4
    Dans certains cas dépareillé et assorti ne sont pas incompatibles.
  5. 5
    Sans pareil, sans égal, exceptionnel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette femme avait mis des gants dépareillés : l’un était d’un jaune pâle et l’autre d’un jaune foncé.
  2. Une collection de « Jules Verne » complète mais dépareillée.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dépareillé"?
"dépareillé" is spelled D-É-P-A-R-E-I-L-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is \de.pa.ʁɛ.je\.
What does "dépareillé" mean?
As an adjective, "dépareillé" means: Qui n'est pas semblable aux autres dans une paire ou dans un lot.
How do you pronounce "dépareillé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dépareillé" is \de.pa.ʁɛ.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dépareillé" come from?
"dépareillé" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list