se hâter
\sə ɑ.te\
The verdict
“se hâter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de hâter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-hater · se hâter · French
se hâter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 hâter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ɑ.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se hâter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se hâter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ɑ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de hâter.".
se hâter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is se hâter, spelled S-E- -H-Â-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de hâter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se hâter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La lettre était partie et, pour peu que la dame se hâtât d'aller la réclamer à la poste, elle pourrait, dès le lendemain, se trouver au rendez-vous quotidien qu'il lui assignait.
Il tourna les talons et se hâta vers la sortie.
Synonyms
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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.