désoccultation
\de.zɔ.kyl.ta.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“désoccultation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de rendre visible, manifeste, ce qui ne l'était pas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-desoccultation · désoccultation · French
désoccultation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | désoccultation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.zɔ.kyl.ta.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « désoccultation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
désoccultation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.zɔ.kyl.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de rendre visible, manifeste, ce qui ne l'était pas.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for désoccultation in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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. The correct French form is désoccultation, spelled D-É-S-O-C-C-U-L-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de rendre visible, manifeste, ce qui ne l'était pas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how désoccultation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma seule ambition … en est une de désoccultation. Il m'importe en effet de rendre manifeste ce que tout le monde peut voir, mais que la plupart répugnent à regarder en face ….
Or, pour Brochu, toute l'entreprise d'écriture d'Anne Hébert relèverait d'une vaste opération de désoccultation progressive ayant « affaire, globalement, avec la sexuaUté » et où rien « n'est vraiment révélé tant que l'origine pleinement sexuelle des comportements ou des attitudes n'est pas atteinte ». — (Lettres québécoises, nᵒ 101, printemps 2001, page 49)
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.