convulser
\kɔ̃.vyl.se\
The verdict
“convulser” 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) - Contracter brusquement, tordre par des convulsions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-convulser · convulser · French
convulser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | convulser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.vyl.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « convulser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
convulser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.vyl.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contracter brusquement, tordre par des convulsions.".
No misspelling variants are generated for convulser in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is convulser, spelled C-O-N-V-U-L-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Contracter brusquement, tordre par des convulsions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how convulser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Longtemps les deux ennemis se mesurèrent du regard. Une haine égale convulsait leurs visages, ils ne bougeaient pas.
Des hoquets de dégoût convulsèrent de nouveau leurs faces hâlées, zébrées de rides : depuis un mois, ils avaient bu de l’eau dans laquelle mijotait ce noyé ; depuis un mois tout le pays s’abreuvait de cette pourriture.
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.