écorcher le renard
\e.kɔʁ.ʃe lə ʁə.naʁ\
The verdict
“écorcher le renard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vomir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecorcher-le-renard · écorcher le renard · French
écorcher le renard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | écorcher le renard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.kɔʁ.ʃe lə ʁə.naʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « écorcher le renard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
écorcher le renard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.kɔʁ.ʃe lə ʁə.naʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vomir.".
écorcher le renard has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is écorcher le renard, spelled É-C-O-R-C-H-E-R- -L-E- -R-E-N-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Vomir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how écorcher le renard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bataille, en effet, où les navrés de Bacchus gagnaient en chancelant quelque angle obscur, et la tête appuyée à la muraille, écorchaient piteusement le renard, moqués de leurs compagnons plus robustes d’estomac et versaient du vin au lieu de sang.
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.