extirper

\ɛk.stiʁ.pe\

/\ɛk.stiʁ.pe\/ verb

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The verdict

“extirper” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,549
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déraciner, en parlant des plantes indésirables, de telle façon qu’elles ne puissent plus repousser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-extirper · extirper · French

extirper · rank #28,549 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,549
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH expérimentée

Nearest frequency peer: expérimentée (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « extirper »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « extirper » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

extirper vs étirer
63% similar
extirper vs expirer
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for extirper
PropertyValue
Headwordextirper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛk.stiʁ.pe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,549
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « extirper »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).extirperse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « expérimentée » (#28,548), « exécutant » (#28,550), « exhiber » (#28,547). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « extirper » est au #28,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around extirper (IPA \ɛk.stiʁ.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,549 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for extirper, with forms such as "etxirper", "exitrper", and "extiprer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "étirer", "expirer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is extirper, spelled E-X-T-I-R-P-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déraciner, en parlant des plantes indésirables, de telle façon qu’elles ne puissent plus repousser.
  2. 2
    Enlever entièrement.
  3. 3
    Détruire complètement.
  4. 4
    Extraire avec difficulté.
  5. 5
    Faire dire de force, de peine et de misère.
  6. 6
    Faire disparaître complètement.
  7. 7
    De devenir éteint localement dans une population, mais pas entièrement dedans une espèce ou sous-espèce.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les plantes qui nuisent à l'avoine, soit en l'étouffant, soit en s'opposant à sa production, sont l'ivraie, le caucalis, le chardon hémorroïdal, l’avron, la mille-feuille , le coquelicot, etc : il est important de les extirper quand cela est possible.
  2. On doit, sans perdre un instant, extirper la tumeur : opération qui exige la main d'un anatomiste, et qui n'est pas sans danger pour celui qui la pratique, l'inoculation de l'ichor gangreneux pouvant causer la mort.

This word in other languages

extirpate(English)extirpar(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etxirper
  • exitrper
  • extiprer
  • extirepr
  • extirperr
  • extirpper
  • extirpre
  • extirrper
  • extriper
  • exttirper
  • exxtirper
  • xetirper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extirper - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

etxirper2exitrper2extiprer2extirepr2extirperr1extirpper1extirpre2extirrper1
Edit distance from "extirper"

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 "extirper"?
"extirper" is spelled E-X-T-I-R-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.stiʁ.pe\.
What does "extirper" mean?
As a verb, "extirper" means: Déraciner, en parlant des plantes indésirables, de telle façon qu’elles ne puissent plus repousser.
What words are commonly confused with "extirper"?
"extirper" is commonly confused with "étirer", "expirer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "extirper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "extirper" is \ɛk.stiʁ.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "extirper" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Gertrude12 variantsGodefroy12 variantsgraffitis12 variantsgénitaux12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list