accourcir
\a.kuʁ.siʁ\
The verdict
“accourcir” 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) - ou Rendre plus court.
Corpus desk
Index FR-accourcir · accourcir · French
accourcir · 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 "A" 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 | accourcir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.kuʁ.siʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « accourcir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
accourcir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.kuʁ.siʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for accourcir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is accourcir, spelled A-C-C-O-U-R-C-I-R.
Definition
- 1ou Rendre plus court.
- 2ou Prendre une route de traverse qui rende plus court le chemin habituel.
- 3Devenir plus court.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how accourcir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une des plus difficiles entreprises du fondateur fut d’accourcir les robes & de faire raser les barbes de son peuple.
Ce n’est pas le tout de chaudronner : il faut vendre ! affirme monsieur Valat sûr de son fait, de son geste, de sa doloire dont, fermant un œil, il vérifie le tranchant avant d’en accourcir le cercle d’un tonneau.
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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.