désappointement
\de.za.pwɛ̃t.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“désappointement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de celui qui n’a pas eu ce qu’il espérait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desappointement · désappointement · French
désappointement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | désappointement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.za.pwɛ̃t.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désappointement » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désappointement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.za.pwɛ̃t.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État de celui qui n’a pas eu ce qu’il espérait.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for désappointement, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is désappointement, spelled D-É-S-A-P-P-O-I-N-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1État de celui qui n’a pas eu ce qu’il espérait.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désappointement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Or, la graine de chou colossal n’était que de la graine de niais, et l’on peut se faire une idée du désappointement des innombrables dupes qu’avaient séduites les étourdissantes promesses de l’annonce et des prospectus […].
[…] si lui, Thomas Black, envoyé dans ce but, ne pouvait observer ni la couronne lumineuse, ni les protubérances rougeâtres, quel désappointement !
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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.