désinformer
\de.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\
The verdict
“désinformer” is uncommon French (frequency #95,841 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,841
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Communiquer sciemment de l’information fausse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desinformer · désinformer · French
désinformer · rank #95,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,841
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH désarticulé
Nearest frequency peer: désarticulé (-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 « désinformer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- déplaisants
déplaisants
4,163 corpus weight
- déroulez
déroulez
4,162 corpus weight
- désarticulé
désarticulé
4,161 corpus weight
- désinformer
désinformer
4,160 corpus weight
- Dévoluy
Dévoluy
4,159 corpus weight
- dévouent
dévouent
4,158 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « désinformer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désinformer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #95,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désinformer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désinformer is uncommon French at frequency #95,841 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Communiquer sciemment de l’information fausse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for désinformer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is désinformer, spelled D-É-S-I-N-F-O-R-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Communiquer sciemment de l’information fausse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désinformer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Communication n'est pas synonyme de transparence: on communique tout autant pour désinformer, manipuler, jeter de la poudre aux yeux, construire une façade, sauver les apparences.
L’industrie laitière française, nos deux géants en tête, est accusée, comme l’industrie du tabac, d’avoir désinformé l’opinion publique pour masquer les effets pas toujours fameux sur la santé de certains de ses produits.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).