s’aimer
\s‿e.me\
The verdict
“s’aimer” 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) - Éprouver de l’amour pour soi-même.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-aimer · s’aimer · French
s’aimer · 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 "S" 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 | s’aimer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿e.me\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’aimer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’aimer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿e.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
s’aimer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is s’aimer, spelled S-’-A-I-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Éprouver de l’amour pour soi-même.
- 2Faire l’amour.
- 3Se plaire, trouver plaisir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’aimer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s’aime à la campagne.
Je m’aimerais infiniment chez vous, dans votre société.
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.