dépouillent

\de.puj\

/\de.puj\/ verb

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The verdict

“dépouillent” is uncommon French (frequency #78,366 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,366
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dépouiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-depouillent · dépouillent · French

dépouillent · rank #78,366 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,366
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dénivelés

Nearest frequency peer: dénivelés (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « dépouillent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dépouillent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dépouillent
PropertyValue
Headworddépouillent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.puj\
Letters11
Frequency rank#78,366
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dépouillent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dépouillenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « dénivelés » (#78,365), « déprimes » (#78,367), « démographes » (#78,364). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dépouillent » est au #78,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dépouillent is uncommon French at frequency #78,366 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.puj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

dépouillent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dépouillent, spelled D-É-P-O-U-I-L-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dépouiller.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de dépouiller.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dépouillent"?
"dépouillent" is spelled D-É-P-O-U-I-L-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.puj\.
What does "dépouillent" mean?
As a verb, "dépouillent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de dépouiller.
How do you pronounce "dépouillent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dépouillent" is \de.puj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dépouillent" come from?
"dépouillent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dépouillent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

démographes#78,364empêchèrent#78,384escamotable#78,396diplomation#78,334

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list