exhume

\ɛɡ.zym\

/\ɛɡ.zym\/ verb

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The verdict

“exhume” is uncommon French (frequency #80,192 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,192
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhumer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exhume · exhume · French

exhume · rank #80,192 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,192
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH excellences

Nearest frequency peer: excellences (-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 « exhume »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exhume
PropertyValue
Headwordexhume
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛɡ.zym\
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,192
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « exhume » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « excellences » (#80,191), « expédients » (#80,193), « exaucée » (#80,190). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exhume » est au #80,192. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exhume is uncommon French at frequency #80,192 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɡ.zym\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for exhume in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is exhume, spelled E-X-H-U-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhumer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhumer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de exhumer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de exhumer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de exhumer.

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 "exhume"?
"exhume" is spelled E-X-H-U-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zym\.
What does "exhume" mean?
As a verb, "exhume" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de exhumer.
How do you pronounce "exhume"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exhume" is \ɛɡ.zym\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exhume" come from?
"exhume" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Feller#80,201filler#80,210finito#80,211flashe#80,213

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list