éclater de rire
\e.kla.te də ʁiʁ\
The verdict
“éclater de rire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avoir un grand rire bruyant et soudain (en entendant une plaisanterie ou devant une situation très comique).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éclater de rire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.kla.te də ʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “éclater de rire” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
éclater de rire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.kla.te də ʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir un grand rire bruyant et soudain (en entendant une plaisanterie ou devant une situation très comique).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for éclater de rire, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 éclater de rire, spelled É-C-L-A-T-E-R- -D-E- -R-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Avoir un grand rire bruyant et soudain (en entendant une plaisanterie ou devant une situation très comique).
Synonyms
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Using “éclater de rire”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is É-C-L-A-T-E-R- -D-E- -R-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.kla.te də ʁiʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.