écœurer

Name: écœurer, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\e.kœ.ʁe\

/\e.kœ.ʁe\/ verb

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“écœurer” is an uncommon French word, ranked #97,583 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#97,583
frequency rank, French: 7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire défaillir le cœur, dégoûter, en parlant des boissons, des aliments fades ou trop gras et sucrés.

Key facts for écœurer
Property	Value
Headword	écœurer
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\e.kœ.ʁe\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#97,583
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “écœurer” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). écœurer lands here:

#97,583

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for écœurer is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \e.kœ.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #97,583 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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

Synonyms

se fatiguer se 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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Using “écœurer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is É-C-Œ-U-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \e.kœ.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.