dérocher

\de.ʁɔ.ʃe\

/\de.ʁɔ.ʃe\/ verb

The verdict

“dérocher” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enlever des rochers d’un chenal, du lit d’une rivière, d’un terrain, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-derocher · dérocher · French

dérocher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for dérocher
PropertyValue
Headworddérocher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ʁɔ.ʃe\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dérocher » en français

dérochern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dérocher is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ʁɔ.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

dérocher has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dérocher, spelled D-É-R-O-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enlever des rochers d’un chenal, du lit d’une rivière, d’un terrain, etc.
  2. 2
    Utiliser un produit corrosif (en général un acide) pour enlever les scories à la surface d'une pièce métallique.
  3. 3
    Lâcher prise, tomber, dévisser
  4. 4
    Se dit de l'action d'un grand oiseau de proie de provoquer, par dressage, la chute d'un gibier quadrupède d'un escarpement rocheux.

Synonyms

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 "dérocher"?
"dérocher" is spelled D-É-R-O-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ʁɔ.ʃe\.
What does "dérocher" mean?
As a verb, "dérocher" means: Enlever des rochers d’un chenal, du lit d’une rivière, d’un terrain, etc.
How do you pronounce "dérocher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dérocher" is \de.ʁɔ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dérocher" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list