gerçure
\ʒɛʁ.syʁ\
The verdict
“gerçure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fente produite à la surface de la peau par le froid ou la sécheresse, à certaines parties du corps, principalement aux lèvres et aux mains.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gercure · gerçure · French
gerçure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gerçure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒɛʁ.syʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gerçure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒɛʁ.syʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
gerçure doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gerçure, spelled G-E-R-Ç-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Fente produite à la surface de la peau par le froid ou la sécheresse, à certaines parties du corps, principalement aux lèvres et aux mains.
- 2Fentes qui se font à la terre, dans le bois, dans les ouvrages de maçonnerie, dans l’enduit d’un tableau, etc.
- 3Se dit aussi, par analogie, des fentes vives qui se trouvent dans le diamant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gerçure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avoir les mains couvertes de gerçures.
Pommade pour les gerçures.
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.