estropier
\ɛs.tʁɔ.pje\
The verdict
“estropier” 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) - Priver de l’usage d’un membre, soit par une blessure, soit par quelque coup, soit par une maladie. → voir estropié
Corpus desk
Index FR-estropier · estropier · French
estropier · 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 | estropier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛs.tʁɔ.pje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « estropier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
estropier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛs.tʁɔ.pje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for estropier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 estropier, spelled E-S-T-R-O-P-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Priver de l’usage d’un membre, soit par une blessure, soit par quelque coup, soit par une maladie. → voir estropié
- 2Altérer, déformer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how estropier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Qui donc a osé estropier un animal appartenant à mon serf ? s’écria le Saxon enflammé de colère.
Le gros Gignoux, le maçon, qui ne faisait jamais attention à rien, ayant par mégarde posé le pied sur la patte du chien de M. Olivier, le domestique de celui-ci lui cria : – Enfin, vous n’allez pas estropier mon chien !
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.