dépassionner

\de.pa.sjɔ.ne\

/\de.pa.sjɔ.ne\/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre moins passionné, en parlant d’un débat, d’une conversation, d’un différend, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-depassionner · dépassionner · French

dépassionner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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 dépassionner
PropertyValue
Headworddépassionner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.pa.sjɔ.ne\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dépassionner » en français

dépassionnerreste 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

dépassionner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.pa.sjɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rendre moins passionné, en parlant d’un débat, d’une conversation, d’un différend, etc.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for dépassionner in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 dépassionner, spelled D-É-P-A-S-S-I-O-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre moins passionné, en parlant d’un débat, d’une conversation, d’un différend, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La réal-politique peut donc, par cet exécutoire linguistique, banaliser le débat ou tout au moins le dépassionner.

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 "dépassionner"?
"dépassionner" is spelled D-É-P-A-S-S-I-O-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.pa.sjɔ.ne\.
What does "dépassionner" mean?
As a verb, "dépassionner" means: Rendre moins passionné, en parlant d’un débat, d’une conversation, d’un différend, etc.
How do you pronounce "dépassionner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dépassionner" is \de.pa.sjɔ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dépassionner" come from?
"dépassionner" 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