se dévêtir

\sə de.vɛ.tiʁ\

/\sə de.vɛ.tiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“se dévêtir” 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) - Forme pronominale de dévêtir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-se-devetir · se dévêtir · French

se dévêtir · 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.

Key facts for se dévêtir
PropertyValue
Headwordse dévêtir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sə de.vɛ.tiʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « se dévêtir » en français

se dévêtirreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

se dévêtir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə de.vɛ.tiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de dévêtir.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for se dévêtir, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 dévêtir, spelled S-E- -D-É-V-Ê-T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme pronominale de dévêtir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how se dévêtir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il se mit donc en devoir de se dévêtir, avant de procéder à sa toilette de nuit, et il commença naturellement par ôter son pardessus […].

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "se dévêtir"?
"se dévêtir" is spelled S-E- -D-É-V-Ê-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sə de.vɛ.tiʁ\.
What does "se dévêtir" mean?
As a verb, "se dévêtir" means: Forme pronominale de dévêtir.
How do you pronounce "se dévêtir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "se dévêtir" is \sə de.vɛ.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list