dérouiller
\de.ʁu.je\
The verdict
“dérouiller” is uncommon French (frequency #88,561 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,561
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Débarrasser de la rouille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-derouiller · dérouiller · French
dérouiller · rank #88,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,561
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 404,891
- PHOTO-FINISH dératisation
Nearest frequency peer: dératisation (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dérouiller”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- démissionnes
démissionnes
11,444 corpus weight
- dénombrable
dénombrable
11,443 corpus weight
- dératisation
dératisation
11,441 corpus weight
- dérouiller
dérouiller
11,440 corpus weight
- désappointé
désappointé
11,438 corpus weight
- désapprouva…
désapprouvait
11,437 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dérouiller” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dérouiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ʁu.je\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dérouiller” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dérouiller is uncommon French at frequency #88,561 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ʁu.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for dérouiller in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is dérouiller, spelled D-É-R-O-U-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Débarrasser de la rouille.
- 2Remettre une personne ou une de ses facultés physiques ou intellectuelles en état de fonctionner normalement.
- 3Donner une correction, une raclée (une dérouillée).
- 4Perdre sa rouille.
- 5Retrouver un fonctionnement normal, retrouver son agilité.
- 6Recevoir une correction, une raclée.
- 7Subir les séquelles, souffrir des conséquences de quelque chose.
- 8Avoir une relation sexuelle avec une prostituée.
This word in other languages
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.