dépouille mortelle

\de.puj mɔʁ.tɛl\

/\de.puj mɔʁ.tɛl\/ noun

The verdict

“dépouille mortelle” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Corps d’une personne après sa mort.

Key facts for dépouille mortelle
PropertyValue
Headworddépouille mortelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.puj mɔʁ.tɛl\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dépouille mortelle” sits in French frequency

dépouille mortelle 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dépouille mortelle is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.puj mɔʁ.tɛl\. 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: "Corps d’une personne après sa mort.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for dépouille mortelle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is dépouille mortelle, spelled D-É-P-O-U-I-L-L-E- -M-O-R-T-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corps d’une personne après sa mort.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dépouille mortelle"?
"dépouille mortelle" is spelled D-É-P-O-U-I-L-L-E- -M-O-R-T-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.puj mɔʁ.tɛl\.
What does "dépouille mortelle" mean?
As a noun, "dépouille mortelle" means: Corps d’une personne après sa mort.
How do you pronounce "dépouille mortelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dépouille mortelle" is \de.puj mɔʁ.tɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dépouille mortelle" come from?
"dépouille mortelle" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “dépouille mortelle”

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- -M-O-R-T-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \de.puj mɔʁ.tɛl\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list