désaltérer

\de.zal.te.ʁe\

/\de.zal.te.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“désaltérer” is uncommon French (frequency #53,292 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,292
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apaiser la soif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desalterer · désaltérer · French

désaltérer · rank #53,292 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,292
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déperdition

Nearest frequency peer: déperdition (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « désaltérer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « désaltérer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for désaltérer
PropertyValue
Headworddésaltérer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.zal.te.ʁe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,292
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « désaltérer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.désaltérertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « déperdition » (#53,291), « désertée » (#53,293), « déménages » (#53,290). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « désaltérer » est au #53,292. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

désaltérer is uncommon French at frequency #53,292 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.zal.te.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apaiser la soif.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for désaltérer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is désaltérer, spelled D-É-S-A-L-T-É-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apaiser la soif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how désaltérer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette boisson fraîche nous a bien désaltérés.
  2. Se désaltérer à une source, à un ruisseau.

Synonyms

se rincer le dalot

Antonyms

déshydrater

This word in other languages

refrescar(Español)hidratar(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "désaltérer"?
"désaltérer" is spelled D-É-S-A-L-T-É-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zal.te.ʁe\.
What does "désaltérer" mean?
As a verb, "désaltérer" means: Apaiser la soif.
How do you pronounce "désaltérer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désaltérer" is \de.zal.te.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "désaltérer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

démesurées#53,289déshérités#53,295embarquant#53,306débuteront#53,277

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list