s’éclaircir la gorge
\s‿e.klɛʁ.siʁ la ɡɔʁʒ\
The verdict
“s’éclaircir la gorge” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se racler la gorge pour éliminer des mucosités empêchant une bonne diction.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-eclaircir-la-gorge · s’éclaircir la gorge · French
s’éclaircir la gorge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-7 7 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’éclaircir la gorge |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿e.klɛʁ.siʁ la ɡɔʁʒ\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’éclaircir la gorge » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’éclaircir la gorge is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿e.klɛʁ.siʁ la ɡɔʁʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se racler la gorge pour éliminer des mucosités empêchant une bonne diction.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for s’éclaircir la gorge, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is s’éclaircir la gorge, spelled S-’-É-C-L-A-I-R-C-I-R- -L-A- -G-O-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1Se racler la gorge pour éliminer des mucosités empêchant une bonne diction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how s’éclaircir la gorge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
André s’éclaircit la gorge.
Synonyms
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.