déroutant
French, adjective/de.ʁu.tɑ̃/
déroutant is spelled D-É-R-O-U-T-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déroutant is a French adjective meaning “uncanny (strange, mysteriously unsettling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of dérouter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui déroute, qui déconcerte”.
What does déroutant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
uncanny (strange, mysteriously unsettling)
- 2
jinky
verb
- 1
present participle of dérouter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui déroute, qui déconcerte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of déroutant
- déroutante feminine
- déroutants masculine plural
- déroutantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déroutant?
- /de.ʁu.tɑ̃/
- \de.ʁu.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déroutant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déroutant in French?
déroutant appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).