désarmement

/\de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,433

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

désarmement is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action par laquelle on fait quitter les armes à des gens de guerre ou autres. Pronounced \de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\. Often confused with département and désagrément.

Key facts for désarmement
PropertyValue
Headworddésarmement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,433
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of désarmement in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for désarmement is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,433 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for désarmement, with forms such as "ddésarmement", "desarmement", and "dséarmement". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "département", "désagrément", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is désarmement, spelled D-É-S-A-R-M-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on fait quitter les armes à des gens de guerre ou autres.
  2. 2
    Suppression totale ou partielle des armées permanentes.
  3. 3
    Action par laquelle on fait sauter l’épée de son adversaire.
  4. 4
    Action de désarmer une forteresse, un navire.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddésarmement,desarmement,dséarmement,déasrmement,désamrement,désaremment,désarmeemnt,désarmemennt,désarmementt,désarmemetn,désarmemment,désarmemnet,désarmmeent,désarmmement,désarrmement,désramement,déssarmement,édsarmement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for désarmement

Misspelling Variants of "désarmement"

ddésarmement12desarmement11dséarmement11déasrmement11désamrement11désaremment11désarmeemnt11désarmemennt12
Misspelling Variants of "désarmement"

Frequency rank: #20,433 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "désarmement"?
"désarmement" is spelled D-É-S-A-R-M-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\.
What does "désarmement" mean?
As a noun, "désarmement" means: Action par laquelle on fait quitter les armes à des gens de guerre ou autres.
What words are commonly confused with "désarmement"?
"désarmement" is commonly confused with "département", "désagrément". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "désarmement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désarmement" is \de.zaʁ.mə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désarmement" come from?
"désarmement" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.