déraciner
\de.ʁa.si.ne\
The verdict
“déraciner” is uncommon French (frequency #64,406 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,406
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arracher de terre un arbre, une plante avec ses racines, extirper.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déraciner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ʁa.si.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “déraciner” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
déraciner is uncommon French at frequency #64,406 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ʁa.si.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for déraciner, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is déraciner, spelled D-É-R-A-C-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Arracher de terre un arbre, une plante avec ses racines, extirper.
- 2Arracher de terre tout autre objet fixé solidement au sol.
- 3Défaire une chose solidement implantée, installée depuis longtemps.
- 4Arracher une personne ou un peuple à son pays d’origine ou à ses traditions.
- 5Éradiquer, en parlant des maladies, des mauvaises coutumes, opinions, des vices, des mauvaises habitudes, etc.
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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 “déraciner”
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- The one correct French spelling is D-É-R-A-C-I-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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