blasphémer

\blas.fe.me\

/\blas.fe.me\/ verb

The verdict

“blasphémer” is uncommon French (frequency #73,768 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,768
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proférer un blasphème ou des blasphèmes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-blasphemer · blasphémer · French

blasphémer · rank #73,768 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,768
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH blades

Nearest frequency peer: blades (-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 « blasphémer »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for blasphémer
PropertyValue
Headwordblasphémer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\blas.fe.me\
Letters10
Frequency rank#73,768
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « blasphémer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.blasphémertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « blades » (#73,767), « blavet » (#73,769), « blache » (#73,766). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « blasphémer » est au #73,768. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blasphémer is uncommon French at frequency #73,768 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \blas.fe.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for blasphémer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is blasphémer, spelled B-L-A-S-P-H-É-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Proférer un blasphème ou des blasphèmes.
  2. 2
    Tenir des propos, des discours injustes, déplacés.
  3. 3
    Outrager par des blasphèmes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le plus vieux des Anciens dit : — Il blasphème encore ! Allez, lapidez-le, car il parle très mal, N’étant plein que de vent, comme une outre sonore. —
  2. Il resta trois mois couché sur le dos, dans son lit, blasphéma dans la souffrance, […] se confessa, bien qu’il fût voltairien, reçut l’extrême-onction. Finalement, il ne mourut point.

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 "blasphémer"?
"blasphémer" is spelled B-L-A-S-P-H-É-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \blas.fe.me\.
What does "blasphémer" mean?
As a verb, "blasphémer" means: Proférer un blasphème ou des blasphèmes.
How do you pronounce "blasphémer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "blasphémer" is \blas.fe.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list