se dépêcher
\sə de.pe.ʃe\
The verdict
“se dépêcher” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de dépêcher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-depecher · se dépêcher · French
se dépêcher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 dépêcher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə de.pe.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se dépêcher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se dépêcher is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə de.pe.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de dépêcher.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for se dépêcher, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is se dépêcher, spelled S-E- -D-É-P-Ê-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de dépêcher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how se dépêcher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est un policier de la Sûreté du Québec qui patrouillait dans le secteur qui a aperçu de la fumée qui sortait d'une résidence. Il s'est donc dépêché à se rendre sur les lieux. Des voisins sont aussi allés lui prêter main-forte.
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.