se débarrasser
\sə de.ba.ʁa.se\
The verdict
“se débarrasser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éloigner de soi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-debarrasser · se débarrasser · French
se débarrasser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | se débarrasser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə de.ba.ʁa.se\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se débarrasser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se débarrasser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə de.ba.ʁa.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
se débarrasser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se débarrasser, spelled S-E- -D-É-B-A-R-R-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Éloigner de soi.
- 2Tuer, en parlant d’une personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se débarrasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il songeait, d’autre part, […] à se débarrasser de ses deux encombrants gardes du corps qui le tenaient chacun par un bras après lui avoir mis les poucettes.
Nous avons donc toutes sortes de bonnes raisons pour considérer les plantes adventices comme nuisibles, et pour chercher à nous en débarrasser : […].
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.