s’écailler
\s‿e.kɑ.je\
The verdict
“s’écailler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de écailler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-ecailler · s’écailler · French
s’écailler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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’écailler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿e.kɑ.je\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
s’écailler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿e.kɑ.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de écailler.".
s’écailler has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is s’écailler, spelled S-’-É-C-A-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de écailler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how s’écailler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Après ces longs mois où pas une goutte d’eau n’avait rafraîchi la ville, elle s’était couverte d’un enduit gris qui s’écailla sous le souffle du vent. Ce dernier soulevait ainsi des vagues de poussière et de papiers qui battaient les jambes des promeneurs, devenus plus rares.
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.