désopilant

\de.zɔ.pi.lɑ̃\

/\de.zɔ.pi.lɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“désopilant” is uncommon French (frequency #83,816 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,816
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait beaucoup rire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-desopilant · désopilant · French

désopilant · rank #83,816 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,816
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déshabillez

Nearest frequency peer: déshabillez (-2 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 « désopilant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « désopilant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for désopilant
PropertyValue
Headworddésopilant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.zɔ.pi.lɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,816
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « désopilant » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).désopilanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « déshabillez » (#83,814), « déviante » (#83,818), « désavouée » (#83,813). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « désopilant » est au #83,816. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

désopilant is uncommon French at frequency #83,816 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \de.zɔ.pi.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui fait beaucoup rire.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for désopilant, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is désopilant, spelled D-É-S-O-P-I-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fait beaucoup rire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how désopilant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Voir juger Césarin était un spectacle des plus curieux, la plus désopilante comédie qu’on pût rêver.
  2. Il y a sur lui des histoires fantastiques de quoi composer un recueil désopilant et que, seul, Hubert Rouger sait raconter.

Synonyms

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 "désopilant"?
"désopilant" is spelled D-É-S-O-P-I-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.zɔ.pi.lɑ̃\.
What does "désopilant" mean?
As an adjective, "désopilant" means: Qui fait beaucoup rire.
How do you pronounce "désopilant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "désopilant" is \de.zɔ.pi.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "désopilant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list