lacérer
\la.se.ʁe\
The verdict
“lacérer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Déchirer un écrit, un livre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lacerer · lacérer · French
lacérer · 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 "L" 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 | lacérer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \la.se.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lacérer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lacérer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \la.se.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for lacérer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lacérer, spelled L-A-C-É-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Déchirer un écrit, un livre.
- 2Mettre en lambeaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lacérer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce livre fut lacéré et brûlé par arrêt du Parlement.
14 octobre 1940 – Des affiches ont fleuri dans le métro qu’on lacère en passant avec un petit frisson patriotique : « Déclarons la guerre à l’Angleterre. » Non, mais ! Pour qui nous prend-on ?
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.