déstabiliser

\de.sta.bi.li.ze\

/\de.sta.bi.li.ze\/ verb

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The verdict

“déstabiliser” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,689. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,689
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre instable.

Corpus desk

Index FR-destabiliser · déstabiliser · French

déstabiliser · rank #17,689 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #17,689
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déprimé

Nearest frequency peer: déprimé (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « déstabiliser »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « déstabiliser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

déstabiliser vs déstabilise
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for déstabiliser
PropertyValue
Headworddéstabiliser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.sta.bi.li.ze\
Letters12
Frequency rank#17,689
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « déstabiliser »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.déstabiliserse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « déprimé » (#17,688), « détiennent » (#17,690), « délivrée » (#17,687). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « déstabiliser » est au #17,689. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around déstabiliser (IPA \de.sta.bi.li.ze\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,689 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for déstabiliser, with forms such as "ddéstabiliser", "destabiliser", and "dsétabiliser". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "déstabilise", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is déstabiliser, spelled D-É-S-T-A-B-I-L-I-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre instable.
  2. 2
    Faire perdre sa contenance, perturber (une personne).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est donc nécessaire d’œuvrer à la poursuite de leur activité, pour éviter une mise à l’arrêt totale des chantiers, qui déstabiliserait non seulement les entreprises concernées mais aussi l’ensemble de la chaîne économique.
  2. Le dollar est déstabilisé par le déficit croissant du commerce extérieur américain.

This word in other languages

destabilize(English)desestabilizar(Español)destabilisieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddéstabiliser
  • destabiliser
  • dsétabiliser
  • désatbiliser
  • désstabiliser
  • déstabbiliser
  • déstabiilser
  • déstabiliesr
  • déstabiliserr
  • déstabilisre
  • déstabilisser
  • déstabilliser
  • déstabilsier
  • déstabliiser
  • déstaibliser
  • déstbailiser
  • désttabiliser
  • détsabiliser
  • édstabiliser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of déstabiliser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddéstabiliser1destabiliser1dsétabiliser2désatbiliser2désstabiliser1déstabbiliser1déstabiilser2déstabiliesr2
Edit distance from "déstabiliser"

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 "déstabiliser"?
"déstabiliser" is spelled D-É-S-T-A-B-I-L-I-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.sta.bi.li.ze\.
What does "déstabiliser" mean?
As a verb, "déstabiliser" means: Rendre instable.
What words are commonly confused with "déstabiliser"?
"déstabiliser" is commonly confused with "déstabilise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "déstabiliser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "déstabiliser" is \de.sta.bi.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "déstabiliser" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

articulations19 variantspsychologues19 variantsséparatistes19 variantspersécutions19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list