asphyxier
\as.fik.sje\
The verdict
“asphyxier” is uncommon French (frequency #57,759 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,759
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suffoquer par asphyxie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-asphyxier · asphyxier · French
asphyxier · rank #57,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,759
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH assassinent
Nearest frequency peer: assassinent (+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 « asphyxier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- arguer
arguer
42,246 corpus weight
- arrêtèrent
arrêtèrent
42,244 corpus weight
- asphyxier
asphyxier
42,242 corpus weight
- assassinent
assassinent
42,241 corpus weight
- assisteront
assisteront
42,240 corpus weight
- assombrir
assombrir
42,238 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « asphyxier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asphyxier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \as.fik.sje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,759 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « asphyxier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
asphyxier is uncommon French at frequency #57,759 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \as.fik.sje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for asphyxier, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 asphyxier, spelled A-S-P-H-Y-X-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Suffoquer par asphyxie.
- 2Enlever les éléments essentiels au développement, à l’épanouissement, à la vie normale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how asphyxier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rue de Seine, une jeune fille vient de s’asphyxier, et tu trouveras rue de l’Arbalète un homme à faire entrer à ton hôpital.
…, peut-être était-il possible de les attaquer dans cet étroit espace, sans avoir à craindre que le froid n’asphyxiât les combattants ou ne leur arrachât les armes de la main.
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.
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