désherbement
\de.zɛʁ.bə.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“désherbement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d'ôter les mauvaises herbes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desherbement · désherbement · French
désherbement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | désherbement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.zɛʁ.bə.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
désherbement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.zɛʁ.bə.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d'ôter les mauvaises herbes.".
No misspelling variants are generated for désherbement in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 désherbement, spelled D-É-S-H-E-R-B-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action d'ôter les mauvaises herbes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désherbement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il se fichait même de savoir pourquoi De Lavarice préconisait un désherbement à la main plutôt que l’application de produit herbicide. Il se fichait de savoir si c’était par souci de pollution ou d'économie.
Jusqu’au bout il y a la médiocrité qu’il cultive, comme un jardinier qui ne peut se défaire du chiendent qui pousse à travers son jardin, malgré plusieurs tentatives de désherbement, toutes avortées.
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.