s’occuper de
\s‿ɔ.ky.pe də\
The verdict
“s’occuper de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Penser à quelque chose ou à quelqu’un, en avoir la tête remplie, chercher les moyens d’y réussir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | s’occuper de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɔ.ky.pe də\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “s’occuper de” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
s’occuper de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɔ.ky.pe də\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
s’occuper de has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is s’occuper de, spelled S-’-O-C-C-U-P-E-R- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Penser à quelque chose ou à quelqu’un, en avoir la tête remplie, chercher les moyens d’y réussir.
- 2S’atteler à, effectuer une tâche, une action , une mission.
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.
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Using “s’occuper de”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-’-O-C-C-U-P-E-R- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \s‿ɔ.ky.pe də\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.