se noyer
\sə nwa.je\
The verdict
“se noyer” 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) - S’asphyxier par immersion ; se suicider par noyade.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-noyer · se noyer · French
se noyer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 noyer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə nwa.je\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se noyer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se noyer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə nwa.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "S’asphyxier par immersion ; se suicider par noyade.".
No misspelling variants are generated for se noyer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is se noyer, spelled S-E- -N-O-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1S’asphyxier par immersion ; se suicider par noyade.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how se noyer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un homme, qui allait se noyer, lorsqu’une cantinière le sauva en se jetant à la nage.
Une autre fatalité pesait sur les Rabalan : ils se suicidaient. Depuis cent ans, on ne connaissait pas un seul Rabalan qui fût mort, comme tout le monde, dans son lit, de mort naturelle. Ceux-ci se pendaient, ceux-là se noyaient ; […].
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.