en sueur
\ɑ̃ sɥœʁ\
The verdict
“en sueur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvert de sueur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-sueur · en sueur · French
en sueur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | en sueur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ sɥœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en sueur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en sueur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɑ̃ sɥœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Couvert de sueur.".
No misspelling variants are generated for en sueur in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 en sueur, spelled E-N- -S-U-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Couvert de sueur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en sueur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’y en a que pour Toto, la pauvre poulet, le petit chéri, le mimi ; on lui passe deux doigts entre le col et la peau pour voir s’il n’est pas en sueur, on lui tâte le front, les mains…
La supposition que le refroidissement brusque du corps en sueur détermine une altération chimique dans la composition du sang ne repose sur aucun fait positif.
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.