scruter
French, verb/skʁy.te/
scruter is spelled S-C-R-U-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scruter is a French verb meaning “to scrutinise, scrutinize, put under the microscope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sonder ou examiner profondément ; chercher à pénétrer dans les choses cachées”.
What does scruter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scrutinise, scrutinize, put under the microscope
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sonder ou examiner profondément ; chercher à pénétrer dans les choses cachées. 2. Surveiller étroitement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of scruter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- scrutant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- scruté participle past
- scrute first-person indicative present
- scrutes indicative present second-person
- scrutons first-person indicative plural
- scrutez indicative plural present
- scrutent indicative plural present
- scrutais first-person imperfect indicative
- scrutait imperfect indicative singular
- scrutions first-person imperfect indicative
- scrutiez imperfect indicative plural
- scrutaient imperfect indicative plural
- scrutai first-person historic indicative
- scrutas historic indicative past
- scruta historic indicative past
- scrutâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scruter?
- /skʁy.te/
- \skʁy.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scruter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scruter in French?
scruter appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).