déshydrate

\de.zi.dʁat\

/\de.zi.dʁat\/ verb

The verdict

“déshydrate” is uncommon French (frequency #96,858 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,858
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déshydrater.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deshydrate · déshydrate · French

déshydrate · rank #96,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,858
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH désarçonner

Nearest frequency peer: désarçonner (-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 « déshydrate »

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 « déshydrate » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for déshydrate
PropertyValue
Headworddéshydrate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.zi.dʁat\
Letters10
Frequency rank#96,858
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « déshydrate » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « désarçonner » (#96,857), « dépêchons » (#96,856), « déviantes » (#96,860). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déshydrate » est au #96,858. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

déshydrate is uncommon French at frequency #96,858 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.zi.dʁat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for déshydrate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is déshydrate, spelled D-É-S-H-Y-D-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déshydrater.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déshydrater.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de déshydrater.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de déshydrater.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de déshydrater.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Au contraire, l’acide de Reychler déshydrate quantitativement le paraméthylcyclohexanol vers 120°.

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 "déshydrate"?
"déshydrate" is spelled D-É-S-H-Y-D-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zi.dʁat\.
What does "déshydrate" mean?
As a verb, "déshydrate" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de déshydrater.
How do you pronounce "déshydrate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déshydrate" is \de.zi.dʁat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list