se décarcasser
\sə de.kaʁ.ka.se\
The verdict
“se décarcasser” 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) - Se donner du mal, se donner de la peine, s’évertuer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-decarcasser · se décarcasser · French
se décarcasser · 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 décarcasser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə de.kaʁ.ka.se\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
se décarcasser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə de.kaʁ.ka.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se donner du mal, se donner de la peine, s’évertuer.".
se décarcasser has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is se décarcasser, spelled S-E- -D-É-C-A-R-C-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Se donner du mal, se donner de la peine, s’évertuer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se décarcasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il s'est vraiment décarcassé pour trouver un cadeau qui te fasse plaisir.
Il tirait la langue, grimaçait, émettait des cris d’animaux et se décarcassait en feintes pour éviter le coup dans la figure qui eût valu à l'adroit tireur un paquet de tabac et un peu de gloire.
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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.