désobéi
\de.zɔ.be.i\
The verdict
“désobéi” is uncommon French (frequency #61,483 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,483
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de désobéir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desobei · désobéi · French
désobéi · rank #61,483 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,483
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déshonorer
Nearest frequency peer: déshonorer (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « désobéi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- désagrégati…
désagrégation
38,520 corpus weight
- déshonorer
déshonorer
38,519 corpus weight
- désobéi
désobéi
38,518 corpus weight
- désorganisée
désorganisée
38,517 corpus weight
- dévale
dévale
38,516 corpus weight
- dévaler
dévaler
38,515 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « désobéi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désobéi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.zɔ.be.i\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,483 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désobéi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désobéi is uncommon French at frequency #61,483 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.zɔ.be.i\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de désobéir.".
No misspelling variants are generated for désobéi in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is désobéi, spelled D-É-S-O-B-É-I.
Definition
- 1Participe passé masculin singulier de désobéir.
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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