déviriliser
\de.vi.ʁi.li.ze\
The verdict
“déviriliser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Châtrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deviriliser · déviriliser · French
déviriliser · 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 | déviriliser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.vi.ʁi.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
déviriliser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.vi.ʁi.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
déviriliser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is déviriliser, spelled D-É-V-I-R-I-L-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Châtrer.
- 2Enlever la virilité de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déviriliser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On accuse les Jésuites de déviriliser la jeunesse.
En ce temps-là, nous étions tous plus ou moins orphelins de père : ces Messieurs étaient morts ou au front, ceux qui restaient, diminués, dévirilisés, cherchaient à se faire oublier de leurs fils ; c’était le règne des mères ; Bénard nous reflétait les vertus négatives de ce matriarcat.
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.