égarer
French, verb/e.ɡa.ʁe/
égarer is spelled É-G-A-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 34,445th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Égarer is a French verb meaning “to misplace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre hors du droit chemin”.
What does égarer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to misplace
Near-synonym: perdre
- 2
to mislead, misinform
- 3
to lead astray
- 4
to get lost, go astray, to lose one's way; to wander
Ils se sont égarés dans la forêt.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre hors du droit chemin. 2. Perdre dans un lieu, dans un espace. 3. Jeter dans l’erreur. 4. Mettre une chose à une place qu’on ne peut se rappeler par la suite.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of égarer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- égarant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- égaré participle past
- égare first-person indicative present
- égares indicative present second-person
- égarons first-person indicative plural
- égarez indicative plural present
- égarent indicative plural present
- égarais first-person imperfect indicative
- égarait imperfect indicative singular
- égarions first-person imperfect indicative
- égariez imperfect indicative plural
- égaraient imperfect indicative plural
- égarai first-person historic indicative
- égaras historic indicative past
- égara historic indicative past
- égarâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce égarer?
- /e.ɡa.ʁe/
- \e.ɡa.ʁe\
- [e.ɡa.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to égarer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is égarer in French?
égarer appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).