assourdir
\a.suʁ.diʁ\
The verdict
“assourdir” 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) - Rendre sourd momentanément.
Corpus desk
Index FR-assourdir · assourdir · French
assourdir · 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 | assourdir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.suʁ.diʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « assourdir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
assourdir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.suʁ.diʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for assourdir, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is assourdir, spelled A-S-S-O-U-R-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1Rendre sourd momentanément.
- 2Rendre moins sonore, étouffer le son.
- 3Diminuer la lumière et les détails dans les demi-teintes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how assourdir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle ne disait pas une phrase que mes oreilles ne fussent assourdies par ce mot qui tintinnabulait sans cesse et secouait sur moi l’agaçante et folle musique de ses mille grelots.
Le canon, le bruit du canon l’avait assourdi.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.