émasculer
\e.mas.ky.le\
The verdict
“émasculer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Châtrer ; pratiquer une émasculation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-emasculer · émasculer · French
émasculer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | émasculer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.mas.ky.le\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « émasculer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
émasculer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.mas.ky.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
émasculer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is émasculer, spelled É-M-A-S-C-U-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Châtrer ; pratiquer une émasculation.
- 2Rendre efféminé.
- 3Ôter la force de.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how émasculer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un éditeur pédéraste avait voulu l’émasculer avec un tesson de bouteille parce qu’il se refusait à lui…
— T'es trop choupinou, toi. Il écarquille les yeux. — Choupinou ? C'est l'adjectif qui te vient à l'esprit pour parler de moi ? J'ai l'impression que tu m’as émasculé là, princesse !
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.