désinformer
French, verb/de.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/
désinformer is spelled D-É-S-I-N-F-O-R-M-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 95,695th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Désinformer is a French verb meaning “to misinform, disinform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Communiquer sciemment de l’information fausse”.
What does désinformer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to misinform, disinform
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Communiquer sciemment de l’information fausse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of désinformer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- désinformant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- désinformé participle past
- désinforme first-person indicative present
- désinformes indicative present second-person
- désinformons first-person indicative plural
- désinformez indicative plural present
- désinforment indicative plural present
- désinformais first-person imperfect indicative
- désinformait imperfect indicative singular
- désinformions first-person imperfect indicative
- désinformiez imperfect indicative plural
- désinformaient imperfect indicative plural
- désinformai first-person historic indicative
- désinformas historic indicative past
- désinforma historic indicative past
- désinformâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce désinformer?
- /de.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/
- \de.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to désinformer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is désinformer in French?
désinformer appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).