écrouer
\e.kʁu.e\
The verdict
“écrouer” 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) - Inscrire sur le registre d’écrou.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ecrouer · écrouer · French
écrouer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | écrouer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.kʁu.e\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « écrouer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
écrouer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.kʁu.e\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for écrouer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is écrouer, spelled É-C-R-O-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Inscrire sur le registre d’écrou.
- 2Emprisonner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how écrouer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On l’a écroué tel jour.
Il a été arrêté et écroué.
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.