déplaisance
\de.plɛ.zɑ̃s\
The verdict
“déplaisance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éloignement, répugnance, dégoût.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deplaisance · déplaisance · French
déplaisance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | déplaisance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.plɛ.zɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
déplaisance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.plɛ.zɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
déplaisance doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is déplaisance, spelled D-É-P-L-A-I-S-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Éloignement, répugnance, dégoût.
- 2Choses, actes déplaisants.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déplaisance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prendre quelqu’un en déplaisance.
Tout en lui rendant justice, madame de Chasteller fut impatientée de ce qu’au lieu de lui adresser la parole, Lucien se bornait à sourire des mots aimables de M. d’Antin. Pour comble de déplaisance, il la regardait avec des yeux dont l’expression était exagérée et pouvait être remarquée.
Synonyms
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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.