exhorter
\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.te\
The verdict
“exhorter” is uncommon French (frequency #52,680 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,680
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exciter, encourager par ses paroles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exhorter · exhorter · French
exhorter · rank #52,680 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,680
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH exhibitionnis…
Nearest frequency peer: exhibitionnisme (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “exhorter”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- excelsior
excelsior
47,325 corpus weight
- exe
exe
47,323 corpus weight
- exhibitionn…
exhibitionnisme
47,322 corpus weight
- exhorter
exhorter
47,321 corpus weight
- existais
existais
47,320 corpus weight
- exports
exports
47,319 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “exhorter” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exhorter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “exhorter” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
exhorter is uncommon French at frequency #52,680 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
exhorter has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is exhorter, spelled E-X-H-O-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Exciter, encourager par ses paroles.
- 2S’efforcer par le discours de porter quelqu’un à faire quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exhorter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Exhorter les troupes avant le combat.
Kreuzer m'exhorte inlassablement à suivre les cours que donnent ses collègues de l'Académie des arts.
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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