lacrymer
\la.kʁi.me\
The verdict
“lacrymer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verser des larmes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lacrymer · lacrymer · French
lacrymer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | lacrymer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \la.kʁi.me\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lacrymer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lacrymer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \la.kʁi.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verser des larmes.".
No misspelling variants are generated for lacrymer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is lacrymer, spelled L-A-C-R-Y-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Verser des larmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how lacrymer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand elle se rendit compte de cela, qu'il n'y aurait pas moyen, qu'elle finirait par pleurer lacrymer lâcher son eau en voyant un brin de nourriture folklorique sur son assiette, la quelconque sentit comme un goût de métal dans sa bouche... une âcreté, comme lorsqu'on vient d'échapper à un accident.
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.