engourdir
\ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.diʁ\
The verdict
“engourdir” 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) - Provoquer la paralysie ou rendre insensible le corps ou une partie du corps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-engourdir · engourdir · French
engourdir · 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 "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 | engourdir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.diʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
engourdir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ɡuʁ.diʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for engourdir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is engourdir, spelled E-N-G-O-U-R-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1Provoquer la paralysie ou rendre insensible le corps ou une partie du corps.
- 2Provoquer un état de passivité.
- 3Diminuer l’activité physique ou intellectuelle.
- 4Atténuer un sentiment.
- 5Prendre de façon malhonnête, dérober.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how engourdir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le sommeil engourdit. — Il y a des venins, des plantes qui engourdissent.
Nous étions non pas las, mais notre cerveau était engourdi à la suite de la terrible tension d'esprit au milieu de la tempête. Pour ma part, j'avais la tête lourde.
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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.