désempoussiérer
\de.zɑ̃.pu.sje.ʁe\
The verdict
“désempoussiérer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Enlever la poussière (de quelque chose).
Corpus desk
Index FR-desempoussierer · désempoussiérer · French
désempoussiérer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | désempoussiérer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.zɑ̃.pu.sje.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
désempoussiérer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.zɑ̃.pu.sje.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enlever la poussière (de quelque chose).".
No misspelling variants are generated for désempoussiérer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is désempoussiérer, spelled D-É-S-E-M-P-O-U-S-S-I-É-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Enlever la poussière (de quelque chose).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désempoussiérer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bienheureux est-il donc d’avoir désempoussiéré les vieux et nobles usages!
J. Claverie n’est point arrivé au beau résultat de la route de Bouc sans efforts ; avant d'imprégner son tableau de toute cette franche et belle poussière, il a sans doute usé plusieurs brosses en chiendent à désempoussiérer ses propres habits, car cet artiste ne comprend pas d’autre procédé que la communion fréquente avec la nature ;
Synonyms
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.