excommunier

\ɛks.kɔ.my.nje\

/\ɛks.kɔ.my.nje\/ verb

The verdict

“excommunier” is uncommon French (frequency #71,509 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,509
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retrancher de la communion de l’Église.

Corpus desk

Index FR-excommunier · excommunier · French

excommunier · rank #71,509 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,509
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exclamer

Nearest frequency peer: exclamer (-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 « excommunier »

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 « excommunier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for excommunier
PropertyValue
Headwordexcommunier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛks.kɔ.my.nje\
Letters11
Frequency rank#71,509
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « excommunier » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).excommuniertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « exclamer » (#71,508), « exorbitantes » (#71,510), « expirée » (#71,511). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « excommunier » est au #71,509. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

excommunier is uncommon French at frequency #71,509 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛks.kɔ.my.nje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for excommunier in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is excommunier, spelled E-X-C-O-M-M-U-N-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Retrancher de la communion de l’Église.
  2. 2
    Rejeter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout ce qu’il fit pour satisfaire sa vengeance fut d’enfermer l’abbé et les moines dans les cachots de Coningsburg et de les y retenir pendant trois jours au pain et à l’eau. Pour cette atrocité, l’abbé le menaça de le faire excommunier […]
  2. Sommé de rompre son second mariage par saint Germain, évêque de Paris, il refusa obstinément, et fut excommunié.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excommunier"?
"excommunier" is spelled E-X-C-O-M-M-U-N-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.kɔ.my.nje\.
What does "excommunier" mean?
As a verb, "excommunier" means: Retrancher de la communion de l’Église.
How do you pronounce "excommunier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excommunier" is \ɛks.kɔ.my.nje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excommunier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list