désintéressent

\de.zɛ̃.te.ʁɛs\

/\de.zɛ̃.te.ʁɛs\/ verb

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The verdict

“désintéressent” is uncommon French (frequency #81,103 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,103
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de désintéresser.

Key facts for désintéressent
PropertyValue
Headworddésintéressent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.zɛ̃.te.ʁɛs\
Letters14
Frequency rank#81,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “désintéressent” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). désintéressent lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

désintéressent is uncommon French at frequency #81,103 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.zɛ̃.te.ʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for désintéressent, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is désintéressent, spelled D-É-S-I-N-T-É-R-E-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de désintéresser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de désintéresser.

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 "désintéressent"?
"désintéressent" is spelled D-É-S-I-N-T-É-R-E-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zɛ̃.te.ʁɛs\.
What does "désintéressent" mean?
As a verb, "désintéressent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de désintéresser.
How do you pronounce "désintéressent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désintéressent" is \de.zɛ̃.te.ʁɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désintéressent" come from?
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Using “désintéressent”

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-R-E-S-S-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \de.zɛ̃.te.ʁɛs\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list