s’obscurcir
\s‿ɔp.skyʁ.siʁ\
The verdict
“s’obscurcir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Devenir obscur, perdre sa clarté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-obscurcir · s’obscurcir · French
s’obscurcir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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’obscurcir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɔp.skyʁ.siʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’obscurcir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’obscurcir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɔp.skyʁ.siʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for s’obscurcir in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is s’obscurcir, spelled S-’-O-B-S-C-U-R-C-I-R.
Definition
- 1Devenir obscur, perdre sa clarté.
- 2Devenir peu clair, confus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’obscurcir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’air, le jour, le temps s’obscurcit.
Quand la raison vient à s’obscurcir.
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.