se démener
\sə dem.ne\
The verdict
“se démener” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S’agiter, se remuer violemment.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-demener · se démener · French
se démener · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 démener |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə dem.ne\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se démener » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se démener is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə dem.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se démener, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 se démener, spelled S-E- -D-É-M-E-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1S’agiter, se remuer violemment.
- 2Se donner beaucoup de mal pour quelque chose, s'activer pour mener à bien une tâche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se démener appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut voir comme il se démène!
Il se démène comme un possédé.
Synonyms
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.