asticoter

\as.ti.kɔ.te\

/\as.ti.kɔ.te\/ verb

The verdict

“asticoter” 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) - Contrarier, tracasser quelqu’un sur de petites choses, taquiner, agacer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-asticoter · asticoter · French

asticoter · 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.

Key facts for asticoter
PropertyValue
Headwordasticoter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\as.ti.kɔ.te\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « asticoter » en français

asticotern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

asticoter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \as.ti.kɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contrarier, tracasser quelqu’un sur de petites choses, taquiner, agacer.".

asticoter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 asticoter, spelled A-S-T-I-C-O-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contrarier, tracasser quelqu’un sur de petites choses, taquiner, agacer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il ne cesse d’asticoter ces enfants, cela les rebute.
  2. Il est toujours à m’asticoter.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "asticoter"?
"asticoter" is spelled A-S-T-I-C-O-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \as.ti.kɔ.te\.
What does "asticoter" mean?
As a verb, "asticoter" means: Contrarier, tracasser quelqu’un sur de petites choses, taquiner, agacer.
How do you pronounce "asticoter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "asticoter" is \as.ti.kɔ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "asticoter" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list