blêmir
\ble.miʁ\
The verdict
“blêmir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pâlir, devenir blême, livide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-blemir · blêmir · French
blêmir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | blêmir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ble.miʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « blêmir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
blêmir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ble.miʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pâlir, devenir blême, livide.".
Zero misspellings are on record for blêmir in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is blêmir, spelled B-L-Ê-M-I-R.
Definition
- 1Pâlir, devenir blême, livide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blêmir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À ces mots, le pauvre torçonnier blêmit ; le roi et lui s’entre-regardèrent pendant un moment.
Vrai Dieu, dit mon père, voilà un beau brin de fille, et jolie comme un jour, encore que la fièvre l’ait blêmie.
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.