dérégler
\de.ʁe.ɡle\
The verdict
“dérégler” is an uncommon French word, ranked #80,150 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #80,150
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire qu’une chose ne soit plus réglée, n’ait plus sa marche, son cours accoutumé, n’exerce plus son action avec régularité.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dérégler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ʁe.ɡle\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dérégler” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dérégler is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.ʁe.ɡle\. Corpus data places it at rank #80,150 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
dérégler has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is dérégler, spelled D-É-R-É-G-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire qu’une chose ne soit plus réglée, n’ait plus sa marche, son cours accoutumé, n’exerce plus son action avec régularité.
- 2Faire sortir de la règle morale, des règles du devoir.
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 “dérégler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-R-É-G-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.ʁe.ɡle\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.