épurer

\e.py.ʁe\

/\e.py.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“épurer” is uncommon French (frequency #57,038 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,038
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre pur, rendre plus pur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-epurer · épurer · French

épurer · rank #57,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,038
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH étiage

Nearest frequency peer: étiage (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « épurer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « épurer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for épurer
PropertyValue
Headwordépurer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.py.ʁe\
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,038
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « épurer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.épurertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « étiage » (#57,039), « Épinay » (#57,036), « étole » (#57,040). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « épurer » est au #57,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

épurer is uncommon French at frequency #57,038 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.py.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for épurer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is épurer, spelled É-P-U-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre pur, rendre plus pur.
  2. 2
    Rendre une langue plus correcte.
  3. 3
    Retrancher dans l’œuvre d’un auteur, dans une pièce de théâtre, ce qu’il y a de trop libre et de choquant ou ce qui peut blesser les mœurs.
  4. 4
    Rendre le goût plus sûr et plus délicat.
  5. 5
    Chasser de l’esprit et du cœur les pensées, les sentiments contraires à la religion, aux bonnes mœurs, à l’honneur.
  6. 6
    Épurer son cœur de toute affection terrestre.
  7. 7
    Faire que les mœurs soient plus pures, plus régulières.
  8. 8
    Éliminer les membres d’un groupe humain qui sont jugés indignes.
  9. 9
    Devenir plus pur.
  10. 10
    Essorer en parlant du linge mouillé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how épurer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il faut épurer ce sirop.
  2. Épurer de l’eau bourbeuse en la filtrant.

This word in other languages

purify(English)depurar(Español)läutern(Deutsch)depurar(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "épurer"?
"épurer" is spelled É-P-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.py.ʁe\.
What does "épurer" mean?
As a verb, "épurer" means: Rendre pur, rendre plus pur.
How do you pronounce "épurer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "épurer" is \e.py.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "épurer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "épurer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

étiage#57,039Épinay#57,036épeler#57,033œillet#57,043

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list