exhaler
\ɛɡ.za.le\
The verdict
“exhaler” 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) - Émettre des vapeurs, des gaz, des odeurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exhaler · exhaler · French
exhaler · 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 | exhaler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.za.le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
exhaler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɡ.za.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exhaler, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is exhaler, spelled E-X-H-A-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Émettre des vapeurs, des gaz, des odeurs.
- 2S’échapper de, en parlant d’un gaz, d’une odeur.
- 3Laisser échapper un sentiment, lui donner libre cours.
- 4S’échapper ; s’extraire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exhaler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et voilà que tout à coup, parmi tant de barbes rondes, ovales, carrées, qui floconnaient, qui frisaient, qui exhalaient ambre et benjoin, fut remarquée une barbe taillée en pointe.
La principale industrie de la capitale du nord est la fabrication de l’huile de foie de requin. Les ateliers sont situés à une certaine distance de la ville, afin qu’elle soit à l’abri de l’infection qui s’en dégage. La fabrique d’huile de baleine que je visitai naguère à Vadsö n’exhalait pas une odeur aussi nauséabonde.
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.