se hérisser
\sə e.ʁi.se\
The verdict
“se hérisser” 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 hérisser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-herisser · se hérisser · French
se hérisser · 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 hérisser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə e.ʁi.se\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se hérisser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se hérisser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə e.ʁi.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de hérisser.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for se hérisser, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 hérisser, spelled S-E- -H-É-R-I-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de hérisser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how se hérisser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le poil des sangliers se hérisse quand ils sont irrités.
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.