dérapent
\de.ʁap\
The verdict
“dérapent” is uncommon French (frequency #69,028 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,028
- 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 déraper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-derapent · dérapent · French
dérapent · rank #69,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,028
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déranges
Nearest frequency peer: déranges (-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 « dérapent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dénuder
dénuder
30,976 corpus weight
- déranges
déranges
30,974 corpus weight
- dérapent
dérapent
30,973 corpus weight
- désobligeant
désobligeant
30,972 corpus weight
- désobligean…
désobligeants
30,971 corpus weight
- désolante
désolante
30,970 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dérapent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dérapent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ʁap\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dérapent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dérapent is uncommon French at frequency #69,028 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ʁap\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for dérapent in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dérapent, spelled D-É-R-A-P-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de déraper.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de déraper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dérapent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les dépenses de retraites ne dérapent pas, mais elles ne sont pas compatibles avec les objectifs de politique économique et de finances publiques du gouvernement.
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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