dépolitiser

\de.pɔ.li.ti.ze\

/\de.pɔ.li.ti.ze\/ verb

The verdict

“dépolitiser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Retirer tout caractère politique à (quelque chose) ou toute conscience politique à (quelqu’un).

Corpus desk

Index FR-depolitiser · dépolitiser · French

dépolitiser · 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.

Key facts for dépolitiser
PropertyValue
Headworddépolitiser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.pɔ.li.ti.ze\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dépolitiser” sits in French frequency

dépolitiser falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dépolitiser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.pɔ.li.ti.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Retirer tout caractère politique à (quelque chose) ou toute conscience politique à (quelqu’un).".

No misspelling variants are generated for dépolitiser in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dépolitiser, spelled D-É-P-O-L-I-T-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Retirer tout caractère politique à (quelque chose) ou toute conscience politique à (quelqu’un).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Or, de quoi s’agit-il actuellement : de «dépolitiser» ou, passez-moi le terme, de «désélectoraliser» les Chemins de fer fédéraux. Il ne s’agit pas, je le répète, de dénationaliser ou de désétatiser les Chemins de fer fédéraux.
  2. La « mission » de M. Guefter, en cette période bouleversante où le pays tout entier semble avoir pris la plume, s’être mis à parler, paraît en quelque sorte de « déconjoncturer », « dépolitiser » voire « démoraliser » l’histoire — mais pour mieux la réactiver, lui restituer son rôle nourricier, pour mieux la réinsérer dans un tissu socio-politique, un tis…

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dépolitiser"?
"dépolitiser" is spelled D-É-P-O-L-I-T-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.pɔ.li.ti.ze\.
What does "dépolitiser" mean?
As a verb, "dépolitiser" means: Retirer tout caractère politique à (quelque chose) ou toute conscience politique à (quelqu’un).
How do you pronounce "dépolitiser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dépolitiser" is \de.pɔ.li.ti.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list