désinfox
\de.zɛ̃.fɔks\
The verdict
“désinfox” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Information ayant pour but de démentir une infox, une fausse information.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desinfox · désinfox · French
désinfox · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | désinfox |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.zɛ̃.fɔks\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
désinfox is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.zɛ̃.fɔks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Information ayant pour but de démentir une infox, une fausse information.".
désinfox has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 désinfox, spelled D-É-S-I-N-F-O-X.
Definition
- 1Information ayant pour but de démentir une infox, une fausse information.
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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.