déplaisants

\de.plɛ.zɑ̃\

/\de.plɛ.zɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“déplaisants” is uncommon French (frequency #95,838 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,838
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de déplaisant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deplaisants · déplaisants · French

déplaisants · rank #95,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,838
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dénichée

Nearest frequency peer: dénichée (-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 « déplaisants »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « déplaisants » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for déplaisants
PropertyValue
Headworddéplaisants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.plɛ.zɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#95,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déplaisants » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).déplaisantstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « dénichée » (#95,837), « déroulez » (#95,839), « démise » (#95,836). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déplaisants » est au #95,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déplaisants is uncommon French at frequency #95,838 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.plɛ.zɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de déplaisant.".

déplaisants has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 déplaisants, spelled D-É-P-L-A-I-S-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de déplaisant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les œuvres de l’urban fantasy se caractérisent moins par une attention aux aspects déplaisants ou désagréables de la vie urbaine qu’aux aspects immoraux de la vie contemporaine, dans le prolongement des récits du roman noir mettant en scène les personnages du vice.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "déplaisants"?
"déplaisants" is spelled D-É-P-L-A-I-S-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.plɛ.zɑ̃\.
What does "déplaisants" mean?
As an adjective, "déplaisants" means: Masculin pluriel de déplaisant.
How do you pronounce "déplaisants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déplaisants" is \de.plɛ.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déplaisants", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list