écœurer

\e.kœ.ʁe\

/\e.kœ.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“écœurer” is uncommon French (frequency #97,583 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,583
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire défaillir le cœur, dégoûter, en parlant des boissons, des aliments fades ou trop gras et sucrés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ec-urer · écœurer · French

écœurer · rank #97,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,583
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écoutions

Nearest frequency peer: écoutions (-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 « écœurer »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for écœurer
PropertyValue
Headwordécœurer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.kœ.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#97,583
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « écœurer » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).écœurertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « écoutions » (#97,582), « Édesse » (#97,584), « écouterez » (#97,581). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « écœurer » est au #97,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

écœurer is uncommon French at frequency #97,583 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.kœ.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

écœurer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is écœurer, spelled É-C-Œ-U-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire défaillir le cœur, dégoûter, en parlant des boissons, des aliments fades ou trop gras et sucrés.
  2. 2
    Mettre dans un état de dégoût.
  3. 3
    Déranger fortement.
  4. 4
    Taquiner fortement, faire fâcher.
  5. 5
    Se lasser.
  6. 6
    (réciproque) Se narguer, se disputer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais, en seconde période, la gardienne tricolore Laura Glauser est entrée en fusion, écœurant ses adversaires avec 12 arrêts.
  2. Ça m’écœure, quand tu m’interromps tout le temps.

Synonyms

se fatiguerse lasserse tanner

This word in other languages

nauseate(English)asquear(Español)ekeln(Deutsch)enjoar(Português)

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 "écœurer"?
"écœurer" is spelled É-C-Œ-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.kœ.ʁe\.
What does "écœurer" mean?
As a verb, "écœurer" means: Faire défaillir le cœur, dégoûter, en parlant des boissons, des aliments fades ou trop gras et sucrés.
How do you pronounce "écœurer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "écœurer" is \e.kœ.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "écœurer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list