extorquer

\ɛk.stɔʁ.ke\

/\ɛk.stɔʁ.ke\/ verb

The verdict

“extorquer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,034
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirer, obtenir par force, par violence, par menaces ou par tout moyen de pression.

Corpus desk

Index FR-extorquer · extorquer · French

extorquer · rank #45,034 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,034
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH expédiées

Nearest frequency peer: expédiées (-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 « extorquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « extorquer » 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
Key facts for extorquer
PropertyValue
Headwordextorquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛk.stɔʁ.ke\
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,034
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « extorquer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).extorquerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « expédiées » (#45,033), « exprimera » (#45,032), « factices » (#45,036). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « extorquer » est au #45,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around extorquer (IPA \ɛk.stɔʁ.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #45,034 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tirer, obtenir par force, par violence, par menaces ou par tout moyen de pression.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for extorquer, with forms such as "etxorquer", "exotrquer", and "extoqruer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is extorquer, spelled E-X-T-O-R-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tirer, obtenir par force, par violence, par menaces ou par tout moyen de pression.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce devait être un fripon, car une fois déjà, un autre acheteur de duvet et soumissionnaire de saindoux avait fait nombre de dupes et extorqué plus de cent roubles à l’archiprêtresse.
  2. Non content de leur extorquer de l’argent par tous les moyens, on chercha, dans le Midi, à les déposséder des biens immeubles qu’ils détenaient en vertu d’usages très anciens.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etxorquer
  • exotrquer
  • extoqruer
  • extorqeur
  • extorqquer
  • extorquerr
  • extorqure
  • extorrquer
  • extoruqer
  • extroquer
  • exttorquer
  • exxtorquer
  • xetorquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extorquer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

etxorquer2exotrquer2extoqruer2extorqeur2extorqquer1extorquerr1extorqure2extorrquer1
Edit distance from "extorquer"

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 "extorquer"?
"extorquer" is spelled E-X-T-O-R-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.stɔʁ.ke\.
What does "extorquer" mean?
As a verb, "extorquer" means: Tirer, obtenir par force, par violence, par menaces ou par tout moyen de pression.
What are common misspellings of "extorquer"?
Common misspellings include "etxorquer", "exotrquer", "extoqruer", "extorqeur", "extorqquer". The correct spelling is "extorquer".
How do you pronounce "extorquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "extorquer" is \ɛk.stɔʁ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "extorquer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list