désemparés
\de.zɑ̃.pa.ʁe\
The verdict
“désemparés” is uncommon French (frequency #54,542 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,542
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de désemparé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desempares · désemparés · French
désemparés · rank #54,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,542
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH détrône
Nearest frequency peer: détrône (+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 « désemparés »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- démente
démente
45,464 corpus weight
- dénuées
dénuées
45,461 corpus weight
- désemparés
désemparés
45,459 corpus weight
- détrône
détrône
45,458 corpus weight
- EFSA
EFSA
45,457 corpus weight
- Eid
Eid
45,456 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « désemparés » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désemparés |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \de.zɑ̃.pa.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désemparés » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désemparés is uncommon French at frequency #54,542 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.zɑ̃.pa.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de désemparé.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for désemparés, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is désemparés, spelled D-É-S-E-M-P-A-R-É-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de désemparé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how désemparés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’abreuvoir, devant l’étable, ne contenait plus la moindre trace d’eau, et les canards, de-ci de-là, erraient désemparés, en coincouinant tristement.
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.
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