conspuer
\kɔ̃s.pɥe\
The verdict
“conspuer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manifester à quelqu’un son mécontentement, voire son mépris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-conspuer · conspuer · French
conspuer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | conspuer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃s.pɥe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « conspuer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
conspuer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃s.pɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manifester à quelqu’un son mécontentement, voire son mépris.".
No misspelling variants are generated for conspuer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is conspuer, spelled C-O-N-S-P-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Manifester à quelqu’un son mécontentement, voire son mépris.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how conspuer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dérangés dans leur béatitude, et même légèrement conspués, ils se sont tordus sur leurs fauteuils comme des vermicules coupés en quatre par la bêche du laboureur.
— Tenez, ce pouf, c’est tout ce qu’il me faut. Cela me fera tenir droite. Oh ! mon Dieu, je fais encore du bruit, je vais me faire conspuer.
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.