s’enquérir
\s‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁiʁ\
The verdict
“s’enquérir” 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) - S’informer, faire des recherches.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-enquerir · s’enquérir · French
s’enquérir · 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’enquérir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’enquérir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’enquérir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɑ̃.ke.ʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
s’enquérir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is s’enquérir, spelled S-’-E-N-Q-U-É-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1S’informer, faire des recherches.
- 2Prendre des nouvelles d'une personne.
- 3Interroger.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’enquérir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je n’ai besoin de personne pour pleurer mes fils avec moi. Adieu, ne vous enquérez plus de moi. Mon sort à venir n’appartient plus qu’à moi et à Dieu.
Et les deux hommes, s’étant enquis cordialement de leur santé respective, parlèrent de la pluie et du beau temps, puis transportèrent la conversation sur divers autres sujets.
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.