désespérance
\de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s\
The verdict
“désespérance” is uncommon French (frequency #57,235 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,235
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une âme qui a perdu l’espérance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desesperance · désespérance · French
désespérance · rank #57,235 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,235
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH désarme
Nearest frequency peer: désarme (-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 « désespérance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dépravation
dépravation
42,769 corpus weight
- déroutante
déroutante
42,768 corpus weight
- désarme
désarme
42,767 corpus weight
- désespérance
désespérance
42,766 corpus weight
- désespérante
désespérante
42,765 corpus weight
- déterre
déterre
42,764 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « désespérance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désespérance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #57,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désespérance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désespérance is uncommon French at frequency #57,235 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.zɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "État d’une âme qui a perdu l’espérance.".
désespérance has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is désespérance, spelled D-É-S-E-S-P-É-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1État d’une âme qui a perdu l’espérance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désespérance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais souvenez-vous bien, fille de Satan ! que les désirs contre nature ne sont jamais assouvis. Vous rencontrerez la désespérance au moment où vous croirez au bonheur !
— Nous voici dans les Landes, dit Vitalis ; nous avons vingt ou vingt-cinq lieues à faire au milieu de ce désert. Mets ton courage dans tes jambes. C’était non-seulement dans les jambes qu’il fallait le mettre, mais dans la tête et le cœur ; car, à marcher sur cette route qui semblait ne devoir finir jamais, on se sentait envahi par une vague tristesse, u…
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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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