mourir de rire

verb

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The verdict

“mourir de rire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rire aux éclats.

Key facts for mourir de rire
PropertyValue
Headwordmourir de rire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mourir de rire” sits in French frequency

mourir de rire falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mourir de rire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mourir de rire, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mourir de rire, spelled M-O-U-R-I-R- -D-E- -R-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rire aux éclats.
  2. 2
    Avoir un crise de rire si violente qu'on en est tué.

This word in other languages

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mourir de rire"?
"mourir de rire" is spelled M-O-U-R-I-R- -D-E- -R-I-R-E.
What does "mourir de rire" mean?
As a verb, "mourir de rire" means: Rire aux éclats.
What language does "mourir de rire" come from?
"mourir de rire" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “mourir de rire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-O-U-R-I-R- -D-E- -R-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list