dépolitiser
\de.pɔ.li.ti.ze\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dépolitiser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.pɔ.li.ti.ze\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dépolitiser” sits in French frequency
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
- 1Retirer tout caractère politique à (quelque chose) ou toute conscience politique à (quelqu’un).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dépolitiser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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…
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