déshonorant

\de.zɔ.nɔ.ʁɑ̃\

/\de.zɔ.nɔ.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“déshonorant” is uncommon French (frequency #70,579 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,579
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui déshonore ; qui tend à déshonorer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deshonorant · déshonorant · French

déshonorant · rank #70,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,579
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déradicalisat…

Nearest frequency peer: déradicalisation (-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 « déshonorant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « déshonorant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for déshonorant
PropertyValue
Headworddéshonorant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.zɔ.nɔ.ʁɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,579
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déshonorant » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).déshonoranttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « déradicalisation » (#70,578), « détachable » (#70,580), « dénutrition » (#70,577). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déshonorant » est au #70,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déshonorant is uncommon French at frequency #70,579 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.zɔ.nɔ.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui déshonore ; qui tend à déshonorer.".

No misspelling variants are generated for déshonorant in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 déshonorant, spelled D-É-S-H-O-N-O-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui déshonore ; qui tend à déshonorer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Plutôt la tombe de ses pères que la couche déshonorante du libertin et féroce templier !
  2. M. le président. — (au prévenu): Enfin, vous reconnaissez avoir frappé le plaignant? Le prévenu. — Avec un simple bâton, vu qu'il me faisait un scandale et des mots déshonorants qu'il me criait, que toute la maison était aux fenêtres.

Synonyms

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 "déshonorant"?
"déshonorant" is spelled D-É-S-H-O-N-O-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zɔ.nɔ.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "déshonorant" mean?
As an adjective, "déshonorant" means: Qui déshonore ; qui tend à déshonorer.
How do you pronounce "déshonorant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déshonorant" is \de.zɔ.nɔ.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déshonorant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list