dézinguer
\de.zɛ̃.ɡe\
The verdict
“dézinguer” is uncommon French (frequency #80,158 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,158
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pratiquer le dézingage, c’est-à-dire enlever le revêtement de zinc sur une pièce ou retirer le zinc contenu dans un autre métal ou alliage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dezinguer · dézinguer · French
dézinguer · rank #80,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,158
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déviés
Nearest frequency peer: déviés (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « dézinguer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- détrempe
détrempe
19,847 corpus weight
- détrempée
détrempée
19,846 corpus weight
- déviés
déviés
19,844 corpus weight
- dézinguer
dézinguer
19,843 corpus weight
- eet
eet
19,840 corpus weight
- efficientes
efficientes
19,839 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dézinguer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dézinguer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.zɛ̃.ɡe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dézinguer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dézinguer is uncommon French at frequency #80,158 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.zɛ̃.ɡe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
dézinguer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dézinguer, spelled D-É-Z-I-N-G-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pratiquer le dézingage, c’est-à-dire enlever le revêtement de zinc sur une pièce ou retirer le zinc contenu dans un autre métal ou alliage.
- 2Tuer, dessouder, flinguer.
- 3Démolir ; mettre à mal ; critiquer violemment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dézinguer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette usine dézingue les tôles automobiles, le zinc est attaqué par la soude puis récupéré par électrolyse de la solution d'attaque.
Il s’est fait dézinguer en sortant d'un bar.
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.
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