ôter de l’esprit
The verdict
“ôter de l’esprit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oublier, faire en sorte que quelqu'un ne songe plus à quelque chose, qu’il ne soit plus attaché à la pensée, à l’opinion, au dessein qu’il avait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-oter-de-l-esprit · ôter de l’esprit · French
ôter de l’esprit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ô" 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 | ôter de l’esprit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ôter de l’esprit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ôter de l’esprit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oublier, faire en sorte que quelqu'un ne songe plus à quelque chose, qu’il ne soit plus attaché à la pensée, à l’opinion, au dessein qu’il avait.".
ôter de l’esprit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ôter de l’esprit, spelled Ô-T-E-R- -D-E- -L-’-E-S-P-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1Oublier, faire en sorte que quelqu'un ne songe plus à quelque chose, qu’il ne soit plus attaché à la pensée, à l’opinion, au dessein qu’il avait.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ôter de l’esprit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous ne lui ôterez jamais cela de l’esprit.
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.