saquer

\sa.ke\

/\sa.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“saquer” is uncommon French (frequency #60,364 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,364
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-saquer · saquer · French

saquer · rank #60,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,364
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH salute

Nearest frequency peer: salute (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « saquer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « saquer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for saquer
PropertyValue
Headwordsaquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sa.ke\
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,364
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « saquer » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).saquertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « salute » (#60,363), « Sassuolo » (#60,365), « Salinger » (#60,362). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « saquer » est au #60,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

saquer is uncommon French at frequency #60,364 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \sa.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for saquer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 saquer, spelled S-A-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tirer.
  2. 2
    Virer un employé, terminer son contrat de travail.
  3. 3
    Supporter. Note d’usage : Principalement utilisé dans une phrase négative.
  4. 4
    Noter sévèrement un élève.
  5. 5
    Rentrer dans la soute du bateau.
  6. 6
    Faire redoubler un élève.
  7. 7
    Enlever.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais c’est en vain que les derniers, restés à terre, saquaient de toutes leurs forces, ils ne pouvaient arracher leurs amis du maudit arbre.
  2. Il s'est fait saquer.

This word in other languages

sack(English)sacar(Español)rücken(Deutsch)sacar(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saquer"?
"saquer" is spelled S-A-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.ke\.
What does "saquer" mean?
As a verb, "saquer" means: Tirer.
How do you pronounce "saquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saquer" is \sa.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saquer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "saquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

salute#60,363shebab#60,372Robson#60,341sourie#60,389

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list