dépouille
\de.puj\
The verdict
“dépouille” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #15,612 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,612
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Peau qui, au moment de la mue, se détache du corps des serpents et de certains insectes.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dépouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.puj\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #15,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dépouille” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dépouille is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.puj\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,612 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dépouille, with forms such as "ddépouille", "depouille", and "dpéouille". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "dépouilles", "dépouiller", "dépouillée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 dépouille, spelled D-É-P-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Peau qui, au moment de la mue, se détache du corps des serpents et de certains insectes.
- 2Peau de bête féroce.
- 3Linge qu’on a quitté.
- 4Corps d’un défunt.
- 5Succession d’une personne, et particulièrement des dignités, des emplois qui deviennent vacants par sa mort.
- 6Toute chose dont on s’empare ou que l’on acquiert au détriment, au préjudice d’autrui.
- 7Tout ce qu’on enlève à l’ennemi.
- 8Pente, inclinaison prévue sur les parties latérales d’un modèle afin d’assurer un parfait démoulage en vue de son extraction lors de la réalisation du moule.
- 9En usinage, espace laissé par un outil de découpe pour permettre l’élimination des copeaux de matière. → voir angle de dépouille.
- 10Récolte d'une empouille.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddépouille,depouille,dpéouille,déopuille,dépoiulle,dépouile,dépouilel,dépoulile,déppouille,dépuoille,édpouille
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dépouille - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “dépouille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-P-O-U-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.puj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dépouilles” - see the side-by-side comparison. dépouille vs dépouilles
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.