assoupir

\a.su.piʁ\

/\a.su.piʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“assoupir” is uncommon French (frequency #71,254 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,254
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endormir à demi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-assoupir · assoupir · French

assoupir · rank #71,254 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,254
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH assaillis

Nearest frequency peer: assaillis (-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 « assoupir »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for assoupir
PropertyValue
Headwordassoupir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.su.piʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,254
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « assoupir » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).assoupirtombe 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: « assaillis » (#71,253), « astragale » (#71,255), « arrivistes » (#71,252). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « assoupir » est au #71,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

assoupir is uncommon French at frequency #71,254 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.su.piʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

assoupir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is assoupir, spelled A-S-S-O-U-P-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Endormir à demi.
  2. 2
    Suspendre pour un temps l’effet d’une chose.
  3. 3
    Empêcher l’éclat, le progrès, les suites de quelque chose de fâcheux.
  4. 4
    Se calmer, s’affaiblir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les quelques verres de laffitte, que j'avais bu à petits coups, avaient eu l'effet de m'assoupir, et je sentis l'envie de faire une sieste de quinze ou vingt minutes, comme c'est ma coutume après le dîner.
  2. La campagne s’assoupissait déjà dans ce beau silence des nuits d’été.

This word in other languages

put to sleep(English)adormilar(Español)adormecer(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 "assoupir"?
"assoupir" is spelled A-S-S-O-U-P-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.su.piʁ\.
What does "assoupir" mean?
As a verb, "assoupir" means: Endormir à demi.
How do you pronounce "assoupir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "assoupir" is \a.su.piʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "assoupir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list