sarcler
\saʁ.kle\
The verdict
“sarcler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arracher avec la main ou couper sous terre avec un instrument tranchant les mauvaises herbes qui croissent dans un champ, dans un jardin, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sarcler · sarcler · French
sarcler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | sarcler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \saʁ.kle\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sarcler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sarcler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \saʁ.kle\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arracher avec la main ou couper sous terre avec un instrument tranchant les mauvaises herbes qui croissent dans un champ, dans un jardin, etc.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sarcler in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 sarcler, spelled S-A-R-C-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Arracher avec la main ou couper sous terre avec un instrument tranchant les mauvaises herbes qui croissent dans un champ, dans un jardin, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sarcler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rougon mourut presque subitement, quinze mois après son mariage, d’un coup de soleil qu’il reçut, une après-midi, en sarclant un plant de carottes.
Enfin il binait, il échenillait, il sarclait, il avait toujours quelque chose à faire jusqu’au déjeuner.
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.