déposer une plainte
\de.pɔ.ze yn plɛ̃t\
The verdict
“déposer une plainte” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dénoncer une infraction (dont on est victime) auprès des autorités judiciaires pour obtenir réparation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déposer une plainte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.pɔ.ze yn plɛ̃t\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déposer une plainte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for déposer une plainte is 19 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.pɔ.ze yn plɛ̃t\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dénoncer une infraction (dont on est victime) auprès des autorités judiciaires pour obtenir réparation.".
déposer une plainte has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is déposer une plainte, spelled D-É-P-O-S-E-R- -U-N-E- -P-L-A-I-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Dénoncer une infraction (dont on est victime) auprès des autorités judiciaires pour obtenir réparation.
Synonyms
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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Using “déposer une plainte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-P-O-S-E-R- -U-N-E- -P-L-A-I-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.pɔ.ze yn plɛ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.