disjoncter

\di.ʒɔ̃k.te\

/\di.ʒɔ̃k.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“disjoncter” is uncommon French (frequency #77,423 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,423
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interrompre le flux du courant électrique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-disjoncter · disjoncter · French

disjoncter · rank #77,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,423
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dirac

Nearest frequency peer: Dirac (-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 « disjoncter »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « disjoncter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for disjoncter
PropertyValue
Headworddisjoncter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.ʒɔ̃k.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,423
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « disjoncter » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).disjonctertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Dirac » (#77,422), « distillés » (#77,424), « dijonnaise » (#77,421). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « disjoncter » est au #77,423. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

disjoncter is uncommon French at frequency #77,423 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \di.ʒɔ̃k.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for disjoncter, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is disjoncter, spelled D-I-S-J-O-N-C-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interrompre le flux du courant électrique.
  2. 2
    Péter les plombs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les fusibles ont disjoncté.
  2. En fait, je vais vous dire, c'est une très chic fille... Qui a un peu disjoncté au printemps dernier...

Synonyms

criserpéter les plombspéter un plombsortir de ses gonds

This word in other languages

switch off(English)

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 "disjoncter"?
"disjoncter" is spelled D-I-S-J-O-N-C-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʒɔ̃k.te\.
What does "disjoncter" mean?
As a verb, "disjoncter" means: Interrompre le flux du courant électrique.
How do you pronounce "disjoncter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disjoncter" is \di.ʒɔ̃k.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disjoncter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dijonnaise#77,421découragez#77,445crématoire#77,394déménagera#77,452

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list