écorcer
\e.kɔʁ.se\
The verdict
“écorcer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dégarnir de l’écorce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecorcer · écorcer · French
écorcer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | écorcer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.kɔʁ.se\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « écorcer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
écorcer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.kɔʁ.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dégarnir de l’écorce.".
écorcer has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is écorcer, spelled É-C-O-R-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dégarnir de l’écorce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how écorcer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour les autres, il creusait des fossés, fagottait, écorçait des arbres ou les abattait.
Ils étaient même en train, tous ensemble, mais chacun pour soi, de couper des branches de genêts qu’ils charriaient ensuite par fagots à leur ombre. Les femmes en écorçaient les grosses tiges et en tressaient des claies. Des enfant, à l’air grave, les sourcils froncés, appointaient des piquets.
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.