dépolitisation

\de.pɔ.li.ti.za.sjɔ̃\

/\de.pɔ.li.ti.za.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“dépolitisation” is uncommon French (frequency #90,664 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,664
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perte de conviction ou d’engagement politique, action de (se) dépolitiser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-depolitisation · dépolitisation · French

dépolitisation · rank #90,664 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,664
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déposeront

Nearest frequency peer: déposeront (+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 « dépolitisation »

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 « dépolitisation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dépolitisation
PropertyValue
Headworddépolitisation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.pɔ.li.ti.za.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#90,664
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dépolitisation » en français

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « déposeront » (#90,665), « démarres » (#90,662), « déposons » (#90,666). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dépolitisation » est au #90,664. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dépolitisation is uncommon French at frequency #90,664 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.pɔ.li.ti.za.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perte de conviction ou d’engagement politique, action de (se) dépolitiser.".

Zero misspellings are on record for dépolitisation in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dépolitisation, spelled D-É-P-O-L-I-T-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perte de conviction ou d’engagement politique, action de (se) dépolitiser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Paradoxalement, c’est l’essoufflement de l’islamisme politique plus que sa radicalisation qui explique les violences à prédominance musulmane et c’est la dépolitisation des jeunes musulmans bien plus que leur prétendue re-communautarisation sur des bases radicales qui devrait inquiéter. (« La France face à ses musulmans: Émeutes, jihadisme et dépolitisati…
  2. La promotion effrénée de la gouvernance dans la langue désormais commune aux décideurs et aux gouvernants signale le dernier avatar à la mode de la dépolitisation.

Synonyms

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 "dépolitisation"?
"dépolitisation" is spelled D-É-P-O-L-I-T-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \de.pɔ.li.ti.za.sjɔ̃\.
What does "dépolitisation" mean?
As a noun, "dépolitisation" means: Perte de conviction ou d’engagement politique, action de (se) dépolitiser.
How do you pronounce "dépolitisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dépolitisation" is \de.pɔ.li.ti.za.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dépolitisation" come from?
"dépolitisation" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list