déteindre
\de.tɛ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“déteindre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépourvoir de sa teinture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deteindre · déteindre · French
déteindre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | déteindre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.tɛ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
déteindre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.tɛ̃dʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for déteindre in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 déteindre, spelled D-É-T-E-I-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Dépourvoir de sa teinture.
- 2Se décolorer, en parlant d’un tissu teint.
- 3Communiquer, sur quelque chose, une partie de sa couleur, de sa teinture.
- 4Influer sur quelqu’un par ses idées, son tour d’esprit, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déteindre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le soleil déteint toutes les couleurs.
Cette étoffe déteint beaucoup.
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.