aguerrir

\a.ɡɛ.ʁiʁ\

/\a.ɡɛ.ʁiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“aguerrir” is uncommon French (frequency #85,444 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,444
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accoutumer aux fatigues de la guerre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aguerrir · aguerrir · French

aguerrir · rank #85,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,444
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agrémentent

Nearest frequency peer: agrémentent (-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 « aguerrir »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aguerrir
PropertyValue
Headwordaguerrir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.ɡɛ.ʁiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aguerrir » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).aguerrirtombe 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: « agrémentent » (#85,443), « aguicheuse » (#85,445), « AGP » (#85,442). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aguerrir » est au #85,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aguerrir is uncommon French at frequency #85,444 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.ɡɛ.ʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for aguerrir in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is aguerrir, spelled A-G-U-E-R-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accoutumer aux fatigues de la guerre.
  2. 2
    Accoutumer une personne à quelque chose qui paraît pénible au début.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce général sut aguerrir promptement ses troupes.
  2. Depuis ce siège, les troupes étaient tout à fait aguerries.

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); 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 "aguerrir"?
"aguerrir" is spelled A-G-U-E-R-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ɡɛ.ʁiʁ\.
What does "aguerrir" mean?
As a verb, "aguerrir" means: Accoutumer aux fatigues de la guerre.
How do you pronounce "aguerrir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aguerrir" is \a.ɡɛ.ʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aguerrir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list