exaspérer
\ɛɡ.zas.pe.ʁe\
The verdict
“exaspérer” is uncommon French (frequency #65,928 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,928
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Augmenter, accroître, aviver, exacerber.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exasperer · exaspérer · French
exaspérer · rank #65,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,928
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH excuseras
Nearest frequency peer: excuseras (+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 « exaspérer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- estrada
estrada
34,076 corpus weight
- estuaires
estuaires
34,075 corpus weight
- exaspérer
exaspérer
34,073 corpus weight
- excuseras
excuseras
34,072 corpus weight
- exhaustives
exhaustives
34,071 corpus weight
- existons
existons
34,070 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « exaspérer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exaspérer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.zas.pe.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exaspérer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exaspérer is uncommon French at frequency #65,928 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɡ.zas.pe.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for exaspérer in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists 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 exaspérer, spelled E-X-A-S-P-É-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Augmenter, accroître, aviver, exacerber.
- 2Rendre un mal encore plus intense.
- 3Aigrir, énerver, irriter à l’excès.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exaspérer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et son désespoir n’avait rien d’humain; Pareil au foyer que l’huile exaspère, Son courroux croissait, […]
Dès le lendemain du crime, je devins éperdument amoureux de Rosalie. Je songeai aussitôt à en faire ma maîtresse, mais je me heurtai à une résistance entêtée et joviale, qui exaspéra et redoubla ma passion.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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