acculer

\a.ky.le\

/\a.ky.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“acculer” is uncommon French (frequency #83,552 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,552
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pousser dans un endroit où la fuite est impossible.

Corpus desk

Index FR-acculer · acculer · French

acculer · rank #83,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,552
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accueillirent

Nearest frequency peer: accueillirent (-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 « acculer »

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 « acculer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acculer
PropertyValue
Headwordacculer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ky.le\
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,552
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « acculer » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).acculertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « accueillirent » (#83,551), « accuserait » (#83,553), « accordéons » (#83,550). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « acculer » est au #83,552. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acculer is uncommon French at frequency #83,552 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.ky.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for acculer, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 acculer, spelled A-C-C-U-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pousser dans un endroit où la fuite est impossible.
  2. 2
    Confronter quelqu’un, à une difficulté, sans possibilité d’échappatoire.
  3. 3
    Ne laisser aucune échappatoire à.
  4. 4
    Ne pas aller assez en avant à chacune des voltes, en parlant d’un cheval.
  5. 5
    Synonyme de culer.
  6. 6
    Faire basculer une remorque, la benne d'un camion vers l'arrière pour en décharger le contenu. ^([1]) ^([2])

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si un chevalier pouvait acculer son adversaire à l’extrémité de la lice, de manière à lui faire toucher la palissade de sa personne ou de ses armes, cet ennemi serait tenu de s’avouer vaincu, […].
  2. Jaqen esquiva sa taillade en dansant, dégaina lui-même, accula l'homme dans un coin grâce à une averse de coups et l'y tua d'une pointe au coeur.

This word in other languages

corner(English)acorralar(Español)encurralar(Português)

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 "acculer"?
"acculer" is spelled A-C-C-U-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ky.le\.
What does "acculer" mean?
As a verb, "acculer" means: Pousser dans un endroit où la fuite est impossible.
How do you pronounce "acculer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acculer" is \a.ky.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "acculer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abrégés#83,545épicéas#83,535Allyson#83,573édictés#83,531

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list