s’évanouir
\s‿e.va.nwiʁ\
The verdict
“s’évanouir” 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) - Tomber en faiblesse, perdre connaissance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-evanouir · s’évanouir · French
s’évanouir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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’évanouir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿e.va.nwiʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
s’évanouir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿e.va.nwiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for s’évanouir, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is s’évanouir, spelled S-’-É-V-A-N-O-U-I-R.
Definition
- 1Tomber en faiblesse, perdre connaissance.
- 2Disparaître sans laisser de traces, en parlant des choses et, plus rarement, des personnes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’évanouir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette femme s’évanouit en apprenant la mort de son mari.
Mais le moment était arrivé où la terre et tous ses trésors allaient s’évanouir devant ses yeux, […], alors que ses regards plongeaient sur le sombre abîme de la vie future.
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.