exécrer
\ɛɡ.ze.kʁe\
The verdict
“exécrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Avoir en exécration, avoir en horreur, abominer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-execrer · exécrer · French
exécrer · 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 | exécrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.ze.kʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exécrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exécrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɡ.ze.kʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avoir en exécration, avoir en horreur, abominer.".
exécrer has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is exécrer, spelled E-X-É-C-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Avoir en exécration, avoir en horreur, abominer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exécrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et, cependant, il ne l’exécrait plus, il l’aurait plaint volontiers, tellement il le jugeait ridicule et misérable, de n’être pas aimé.
Mais as-tu bientôt fini ? Qu’est-ce que tu as aujourd’hui ? Tu as donc décidé qu’il fallait que je te déteste, que je t’exècre ?
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.