désintéresser
\de.zɛ̃.te.ʁe.se\
The verdict
“désintéresser” is uncommon French (frequency #60,737 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,737
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mettre quelqu’un hors d’intérêt, en le dédommageant de ce qu’il perd ou de ce qu’il espérait.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désintéresser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.zɛ̃.te.ʁe.se\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #60,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “désintéresser” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
désintéresser is uncommon French at frequency #60,737 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.zɛ̃.te.ʁe.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for désintéresser, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is désintéresser, spelled D-É-S-I-N-T-É-R-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre quelqu’un hors d’intérêt, en le dédommageant de ce qu’il perd ou de ce qu’il espérait.
- 2Ne prendre plus d’intérêt, volontairement ou non, à une chose ou à une personne.
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 “désintéresser”
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-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.zɛ̃.te.ʁe.se\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.