désabusement
\de.za.byz.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“désabusement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de désabuser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desabusement · désabusement · French
désabusement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | désabusement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.za.byz.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désabusement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désabusement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.za.byz.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for désabusement, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is désabusement, spelled D-É-S-A-B-U-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de désabuser.
- 2Fait d’être désabusé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désabusement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il prenait l’escalier, entrait dans la chambre baignée par la faible lumière d’une lampe de chevet, et, enlevant ses vêtements pièce à pièce, accomplissait avec un mélange d’impatience et de désabusement ces gestes trop souvent faits ailleurs avec de femmes de passage, souhaitant autre chose, sans trop savoir quoi.
Sera-ce plus simplement l’âge, la maladie, la fatigue, le désabusement qui nous dit que si tout est vain, la vertu l’est aussi ?
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.