désintégrer
\de.zɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\
The verdict
“désintégrer” is an uncommon French word, ranked #52,644 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #52,644
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dissocier brutalement les parties composantes d'un tout ; détruire totalement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désintégrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.zɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “désintégrer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for désintégrer is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.zɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #52,644 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for désintégrer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is désintégrer, spelled D-É-S-I-N-T-É-G-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dissocier brutalement les parties composantes d'un tout ; détruire totalement.
- 2Décomposer ; dissoudre.
- 3Réduire en parties menues.
- 4Transformer de la matière en énergie.
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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Using “désintégrer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-S-I-N-T-É-G-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.zɛ̃.te.ɡʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.