désenfler
The verdict
“désenfler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire qu’une chose enflée cesse de l’être, ou le soit moins.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desenfler · désenfler · French
désenfler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | désenfler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
désenfler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for désenfler in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is désenfler, spelled D-É-S-E-N-F-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire qu’une chose enflée cesse de l’être, ou le soit moins.
- 2Devenir moins enflé, ou cesser d’être enflé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désenfler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au surplus, fusiller cet amateur de chouannerie serait commettre un acte aussi absurde que de tirer sur un ballon quand il ne faut qu’un coup d’épingle pour le désenfler.
Mais elle présuppose une amitié du discours, une possibilité de s’y reconnaître en philosophie, de désenvoiler et désenfler les langages et les détours dans l’occasion de raconter.
This word in other languages
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.