escarre
\ɛs.kaʁ\
The verdict
“escarre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plaie cutanée reliée à une lésion tissulaire profonde, souvent due à un alitement prolongé, également parfois utilisé pour désigner une croûte résultant de la mortification d’un tissu causé par une...
Corpus desk
Index FR-escarre · escarre · French
escarre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | escarre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.kaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
escarre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.kaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for escarre 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.
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 escarre, spelled E-S-C-A-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1Plaie cutanée reliée à une lésion tissulaire profonde, souvent due à un alitement prolongé, également parfois utilisé pour désigner une croûte résultant de la mortification d’un tissu causé par une brûlure à la chaleur, au froid ou chimique
- 2Ouverture, brèche faite à grand bruit, avec violence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escarre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut attendre que l’escarre guérisse.
Pendant les dix premiers jours, tout alla bien. Puis, deux injections d’huile créosotée faites trop superficiellement entraînèrent des escarres, peu importantes mais douloureuses.
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.