se laver
\sə la.ve\
The verdict
“se laver” 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 laver, faire sa propre toilette ou celle d’autrui.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-laver · se laver · French
se laver · 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 laver |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə la.ve\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se laver » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se laver is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə la.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de laver, faire sa propre toilette ou celle d’autrui.".
No misspelling variants are generated for se laver in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se laver, spelled S-E- -L-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de laver, faire sa propre toilette ou celle d’autrui.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how se laver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On me lavait les cheveux avec du shampoing Dop. On l’achetait en berlingots. J’aimais bien.
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.