fissurer
\fi.sy.ʁe\
The verdict
“fissurer” is uncommon French (frequency #66,736 among 137,178 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,736
- frequency rank, French
- 137,178
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Provoquer des fissures.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fissurer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fi.sy.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fissurer” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
fissurer is uncommon French at frequency #66,736 among 137,178 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \fi.sy.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for fissurer in our index, 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fissurer, spelled F-I-S-S-U-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Provoquer des fissures.
- 2Diviser.
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.
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Using “fissurer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-I-S-S-U-R-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fi.sy.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.