s’évertuer

\s‿e.vɛʁ.tɥe\

/\s‿e.vɛʁ.tɥe\/ verb

The verdict

“s’évertuer” 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) - Faire un effort pour réussir quelque chose ; consacrer toute son énergie à quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-s-evertuer · s’évertuer · French

s’évertuer · 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.

Key facts for s’évertuer
PropertyValue
Headwords’évertuer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\s‿e.vɛʁ.tɥe\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « s’évertuer » en français

s’évertuersiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

s’évertuer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿e.vɛʁ.tɥe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire un effort pour réussir quelque chose ; consacrer toute son énergie à quelque chose.".

No misspelling variants are generated for s’évertuer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is s’évertuer, spelled S-’-É-V-E-R-T-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire un effort pour réussir quelque chose ; consacrer toute son énergie à quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how s’évertuer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. …on avait rassemblé une pyramide de cocos que le chef me présenta, pendant que les indigènes s'évertuaient à courir après des poules pour me les offrir.
  2. …ces infortunés, depuis les temps les plus anciens, se sont évertués à épierrer ces immensités du Causse, ces plateaux calcaires que leur industrie mal rétribuée a compartimenté de murets innombrables d'un gris bleuâtre.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "s’évertuer"?
"s’évertuer" is spelled S-’-É-V-E-R-T-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \s‿e.vɛʁ.tɥe\.
What does "s’évertuer" mean?
As a verb, "s’évertuer" means: Faire un effort pour réussir quelque chose ; consacrer toute son énergie à quelque chose.
How do you pronounce "s’évertuer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "s’évertuer" is \s‿e.vɛʁ.tɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "s’évertuer" come from?
"s’évertuer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list