dessalaison
\dɛ.sa.lɛ.zɔ̃\
The verdict
“dessalaison” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dessalage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dessalaison · dessalaison · French
dessalaison · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | dessalaison |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɛ.sa.lɛ.zɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dessalaison » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dessalaison is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɛ.sa.lɛ.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dessalage.".
Zero misspellings are on record for dessalaison in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 dessalaison, spelled D-E-S-S-A-L-A-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Dessalage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dessalaison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La dessalaison de l'eau de la mer est tellement liée avec la connaissance des matières, de l'eau de la mer , ou à son analyse , qu'il n'était guère possible de s'en former des idées justes sans cela. L'analyse de l'eau de la mer devait nécessairement précéder les entreprises pour sa dessalaison, ou les moyens pour la rendre potable.
Cependant, ce processus de « dessalaison » du sol que nous avons décrit, sʼopère uniquement dans le cas où les Sousliks ont abandonné le terrier pour une raison quelconque et nʼy vivent plus.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.