exhumer

\ɛɡ.zy.me\

/\ɛɡ.zy.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“exhumer” is uncommon French (frequency #53,339 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,339
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déterrer le cadavre d’une personne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exhumer · exhumer · French

exhumer · rank #53,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,339
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH excédentaires

Nearest frequency peer: excédentaires (-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 « exhumer »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exhumer
PropertyValue
Headwordexhumer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛɡ.zy.me\
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,339
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « exhumer » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).exhumertombe 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: « excédentaires » (#53,338), « explicable » (#53,340), « exprima » (#53,341). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exhumer » est au #53,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exhumer is uncommon French at frequency #53,339 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɡ.zy.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

exhumer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is exhumer, spelled E-X-H-U-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déterrer le cadavre d’une personne.
  2. 2
    Extraire du sol ; déterrer.
  3. 3
    Rappeler des choses oubliées depuis longtemps.
  4. 4
    Sortir une chose rangée depuis longtemps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exhumer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sur le front, l’armée ukrainienne a annoncé avoir exhumé 78 corps, dont certains présentaient des marques de « mort violente » dans les villes libérées de Sviatohirsk et Lyman, dans l’est du pays.
  2. Au retour je voulus voir Herculanum, cette ville que l'on venoit pour ainsi dire d’exhumer ; […].

Synonyms

aveindre

This word in other languages

exhume(English)exhumieren(Deutsch)exumar(Português)

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 "exhumer"?
"exhumer" is spelled E-X-H-U-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zy.me\.
What does "exhumer" mean?
As a verb, "exhumer" means: Déterrer le cadavre d’une personne.
How do you pronounce "exhumer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exhumer" is \ɛɡ.zy.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exhumer" come from?
"exhumer" 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 "exhumer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exprima#53,341falcone#53,345Eschyle#53,331ermites#53,330

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list