déperdition
\de.pɛʁ.di.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“déperdition” is uncommon French (frequency #53,291 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,291
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminution graduelle d’une partie des éléments d’une substance ou d’un corps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deperdition · déperdition · French
déperdition · rank #53,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,291
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déménages
Nearest frequency peer: déménages (-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 « déperdition »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- démentent
démentent
46,713 corpus weight
- démesurées
démesurées
46,712 corpus weight
- déménages
déménages
46,711 corpus weight
- déperdition
déperdition
46,710 corpus weight
- désaltérer
désaltérer
46,709 corpus weight
- désertée
désertée
46,708 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « déperdition » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déperdition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.pɛʁ.di.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « déperdition » en français
Rare enough to double-check
déperdition is uncommon French at frequency #53,291 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.pɛʁ.di.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diminution graduelle d’une partie des éléments d’une substance ou d’un corps.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for déperdition in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is déperdition, spelled D-É-P-E-R-D-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Diminution graduelle d’une partie des éléments d’une substance ou d’un corps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déperdition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En admettant donc que les engrais fertilisent le sol en suppléant à la déperdition des matières azotées contenues dans les débris végétaux qui s'épuisent, débris renfermés dans le sol, on peut poser le principe fondamental suivant : « […] ».
Il y a aussi une déperdition importante des éléments minéraux qui sont hydrosolubles.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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