s’élever
\s‿e.lə.ve\
The verdict
“s’élever” 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) - S’enorgueillir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-elever · s’élever · French
s’élever · 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’élever |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿e.lə.ve\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
s’élever is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿e.lə.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for s’élever, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is s’élever, spelled S-’-É-L-E-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1S’enorgueillir.
- 2Présenter, développer sur un sujet.
- 3Avoir la valeur, le prix de.
- 4Se former ; survenir ; naître.
- 5S’opposer ou se déclarer contre quelqu’un ou contre ce qu’il propose.
- 6Accuser quelqu’un, porter témoignage contre lui.
- 7(Sens passif) Être dressé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’élever appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Celui qui s’élève sera abaissé.
S’élever à de hautes considérations sur l’actualité politique.
This word in other languages
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.