dépassionner
\de.pa.sjɔ.ne\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dépassionner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.pa.sjɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dépassionner » en français
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
- 1Rendre moins passionné, en parlant d’un débat, d’une conversation, d’un différend, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dépassionner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.