désister

/\de.zis.te\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,474

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

désister is aFrenchverb. It means: Renoncer à une poursuite, à une instance. Pronounced \de.zis.te\. Often confused with détester and désirer.

Key facts for désister
PropertyValue
Headworddésister
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.zis.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,474
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of désister in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for désister is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.zis.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,474 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Renoncer à une poursuite, à une instance.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for désister, with forms such as "ddésister", "desister", and "dséister". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "détester", "désirer", "débiter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is désister, spelled D-É-S-I-S-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Renoncer à une poursuite, à une instance.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddésister,desister,dséister,déisster,désisetr,désisster,désisterr,désistre,désistter,désitser,déssister,déssiter,édsister

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for désister

Misspelling Variants of "désister"

ddésister9desister8dséister8déisster8désisetr8désisster9désisterr9désistre8
Misspelling Variants of "désister"

Frequency rank: #48,474 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "désister"?
"désister" is spelled D-É-S-I-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zis.te\.
What does "désister" mean?
As a verb, "désister" means: Renoncer à une poursuite, à une instance.
What words are commonly confused with "désister"?
"désister" is commonly confused with "détester", "désirer", "débiter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "désister"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désister" is \de.zis.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "désister" come from?
"désister" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.