désœuvrance
\de.zœ.vʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“désœuvrance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Malaise engendré par un sentiment de réplétion et par le manque d’occupation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-des-uvrance · désœuvrance · French
désœuvrance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désœuvrance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.zœ.vʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désœuvrance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désœuvrance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.zœ.vʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Malaise engendré par un sentiment de réplétion et par le manque d’occupation.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for désœuvrance, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is désœuvrance, spelled D-É-S-Œ-U-V-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Malaise engendré par un sentiment de réplétion et par le manque d’occupation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how désœuvrance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous vivons dans une société qui fait à bouffer à des gens qui n’ont pas faim. Beaucoup de nos maux découlent de cette désœuvrance, de cette espèce d’inappétence générale.
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.