exproprier

\ɛks.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\

/\ɛks.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\/ verb

The verdict

“exproprier” is uncommon French (frequency #62,266 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,266
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Priver (quelqu’un) d’une propriété immobilière, pour cause d’utilité publique et moyennant une indemnité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exproprier · exproprier · French

exproprier · rank #62,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,266
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH experimental

Nearest frequency peer: experimental (-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 « exproprier »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exproprier
PropertyValue
Headwordexproprier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛks.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,266
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « exproprier » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.expropriertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « experimental » (#62,265), « Fajr » (#62,267), « existeront » (#62,264). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exproprier » est au #62,266. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exproprier is uncommon French at frequency #62,266 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛks.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Priver (quelqu’un) d’une propriété immobilière, pour cause d’utilité publique et moyennant une indemnité.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for exproprier, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is exproprier, spelled E-X-P-R-O-P-R-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Priver (quelqu’un) d’une propriété immobilière, pour cause d’utilité publique et moyennant une indemnité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand ils ne peuvent s’entendre, l’affaire est portée devant un jury qui se prononce souverainement sur l’offre de la Ville et la demande du propriétaire ou du locataire exproprié.
  2. « Le président tanzanien peut exproprier n’importe qui, toute terre lui appartenant », dénonce Thomas Bart.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exproprier"?
"exproprier" is spelled E-X-P-R-O-P-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\.
What does "exproprier" mean?
As a verb, "exproprier" means: Priver (quelqu’un) d’une propriété immobilière, pour cause d’utilité publique et moyennant une indemnité.
How do you pronounce "exproprier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exproprier" is \ɛks.pʁɔ.pʁi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list