exsanguiner
\ɛk.sɑ̃.ɡi.ne\
The verdict
“exsanguiner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vider de son sang.
Corpus desk
Index FR-exsanguiner · exsanguiner · French
exsanguiner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | exsanguiner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛk.sɑ̃.ɡi.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « exsanguiner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
exsanguiner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛk.sɑ̃.ɡi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vider de son sang.".
exsanguiner has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is exsanguiner, spelled E-X-S-A-N-G-U-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Vider de son sang.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exsanguiner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et tu oublies les vampires qui ont failli m’exsanguiner, me faire devenir une des leurs.
Quand les stocks manquent, on peut exsanguiner complètement l’animal.
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.