déshabiller

\de.za.bi.je\

/\de.za.bi.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“déshabiller” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,792. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,792
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépouiller (quelqu’un) des habits dont il est vêtu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deshabiller · déshabiller · French

déshabiller · rank #27,792 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #27,792
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH désastres

Nearest frequency peer: désastres (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « déshabiller »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « déshabiller » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

déshabiller vs déshabillé
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for déshabiller
PropertyValue
Headworddéshabiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.za.bi.je\
Letters11
Frequency rank#27,792
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déshabiller »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.déshabillerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « désastres » (#27,791), « désamorcer » (#27,790), « dérape » (#27,789). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déshabiller » est au #27,792. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around déshabiller (IPA \de.za.bi.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,792 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for déshabiller, with forms such as "ddéshabiller", "deshabiller", and "dséhabiller". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "déshabillé", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is déshabiller, spelled D-É-S-H-A-B-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dépouiller (quelqu’un) des habits dont il est vêtu.
  2. 2
    Révéler par des propos médisants les défauts, les vices des autres.
  3. 3
    Mettre les murs à nu dans un local, enlever tous les éléments amovibles, les décors, les lambris, les plinthes, les faux plafonds, l’appareillage électrique, etc.
  4. 4
    Enlever ses vêtements.
  5. 5
    Enlever ses vêtements de fonction, en parlant d’un ecclésiastique qui quitte ses vêtements sacerdotaux, d’un avocat, d’un magistrat qui quitte sa robe, d’un acteur qui quitte son costume de théâtre, etc.
  6. 6
    Quitter son habit de ville pour se mettre plus à son aise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how déshabiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Là, cette madame de Leviston, aidée de deux ou trois femmes, a tiré de grands coffres une robe blanche de soie. Puis, malgré ma honte, elles m’ont déshabillée et rhabillée.
  2. Emmené à la Kommandantur de Tergnier, j’y fus complétement déshabillé, fouillé, bousculé, traité d’espion […]

Synonyms

défringuerdéloquerdénuderdésaperdévêtir

This word in other languages

undress(English)desvestir(Español)ausziehen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéshabiller
  • deshabiller
  • dséhabiller
  • déhsabiller
  • désahbiller
  • déshabbiller
  • déshabilelr
  • déshabiler
  • déshabillerr
  • déshabillre
  • déshabliler
  • déshaibller
  • déshbailler
  • déshhabiller
  • désshabiller
  • édshabiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déshabiller - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddéshabiller1deshabiller1dséhabiller2déhsabiller2désahbiller2déshabbiller1déshabilelr2déshabiler1
Edit distance from "déshabiller"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "déshabiller"?
"déshabiller" is spelled D-É-S-H-A-B-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.za.bi.je\.
What does "déshabiller" mean?
As a verb, "déshabiller" means: Dépouiller (quelqu’un) des habits dont il est vêtu.
What words are commonly confused with "déshabiller"?
"déshabiller" is commonly confused with "déshabillé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déshabiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déshabiller" is \de.za.bi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déshabiller" come from?
"déshabiller" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "déshabiller", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fleurissent#27,814demanderont#27,764contribuera#27,752homéopathie#27,839

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

désamorcer16 variantscomplétées16 variantsinfatigable16 variantscoexistence16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list