excréter
\ɛk.skʁe.te\
The verdict
“excréter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Évacuer par excrétion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-excreter · excréter · French
excréter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | excréter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛk.skʁe.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « excréter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
excréter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛk.skʁe.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for excréter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 excréter, spelled E-X-C-R-É-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Évacuer par excrétion.
- 2Évacuer une substance qu’il a sécrétée, en parlant d’un organisme vivant, d’un organe, d’une cellule, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how excréter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle est devenue ce qu'on voit des morts : un bloc inerte et clos, insensible à la lumière, à la chaleur, au contact, n'aspirant ni n'exhalant plus l'air et ne s'en servant plus pour former des mots, ne recevant plus en soi des aliments pour en excréter ensuite une partie.
Autrement dit, les reins de l’homme, pour excréter les sels ingérés dans un volume donné d’eau de mer, doivent faire passer plus d’eau qu’il n’y en a dans ce volume.
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.