déshabituer

\de.za.bi.tɥe\

/\de.za.bi.tɥe\/ verb

The verdict

“déshabituer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Délivrer d’une habitude.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deshabituer · déshabituer · French

déshabituer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for déshabituer
PropertyValue
Headworddéshabituer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.za.bi.tɥe\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déshabituer » en français

déshabituerreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déshabituer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.za.bi.tɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for déshabituer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is déshabituer, spelled D-É-S-H-A-B-I-T-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Délivrer d’une habitude.
  2. 2
    Perdre une habitude.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quelquefois elle nous regardait, Olivier et moi, attentivement, comme pour être bien assurée de se reconnaître et mieux constater son retour et sa présence au milieu de nous ; mais soit qu’elle nous trouvât l’un et l’autre un peu changés, soit que deux mois de séparation et la vue de tant de figures nouvelles l’eussent déshabituée de nos visages, je voyai…
  2. Songez donc ! Vous vous installez au café maure, à côté des pouilleux que vous avez déjà déshabitués de vous saluer…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "déshabituer"?
"déshabituer" is spelled D-É-S-H-A-B-I-T-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.za.bi.tɥe\.
What does "déshabituer" mean?
As a verb, "déshabituer" means: Délivrer d’une habitude.
How do you pronounce "déshabituer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déshabituer" is \de.za.bi.tɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déshabituer" come from?
"déshabituer" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list