s’amuser
\s‿a.my.ze\
The verdict
“s’amuser” 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) - Se divertir ; se livrer aux plaisirs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-amuser · s’amuser · French
s’amuser · 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 "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’amuser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿a.my.ze\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’amuser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’amuser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿a.my.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for s’amuser, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is s’amuser, spelled S-’-A-M-U-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se divertir ; se livrer aux plaisirs.
- 2S’occuper par simple divertissement.
- 3Se moquer de quelqu’un.
- 4Perdre son temps, passer le temps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’amuser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alice, dis-moi que tu ne vas pas épouser ce rabat-joie. Tu ne t’amuseras jamais avec un homme comme lui. Il ne te fera jamais rire.
Je me suis amusé à rechercher comment, tel journaliste sérieux et compétent, tel historien, tel psychologue, avaient pu reprendre à leur compte la fable du 80%; chacun en fait la répétait pour l’avoir trop souvent lue.
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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.