s’énerver
\s‿e.nɛʁ.ve\
The verdict
“s’énerver” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être dans une agitation nerveuse qui va en s’augmentant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-enerver · s’énerver · French
s’énerver · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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’énerver |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿e.nɛʁ.ve\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’énerver » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’énerver is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿e.nɛʁ.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être dans une agitation nerveuse qui va en s’augmentant.".
s’énerver has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is s’énerver, spelled S-’-É-N-E-R-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Être dans une agitation nerveuse qui va en s’augmentant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how s’énerver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais dans les milieux grainiers de la betterave sucrière, on s'énerve à qui mieux mieux en vue de produire la graine monogerme génétique. Celle-ci existe aux États-Unis et en U.R.S.S.
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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.